Your continued demonizing of women in the article
on the ordination of women bishops and the conference on W omen’s Ordination to
be held in Philadelphia makes me sad
In a July 2010 Vatican letter that addressed
homosexuality, pedophilia and women's ordination, the fact that all three
appeared in one document and was erroneously interpreted does not mean this
absurd connection between pedophilia and the ordination of women as equally
grave needs to continue.
Pedophilia has damaged hundreds of thousands of
young men and yes, young women, by destroying trust in the males appointed to
positions of authority as priest.. How does one measure the depth of the damage
that this sin of pedophilia has caused and continues to cause?. Pedophilia
inflicts emotional death upon children, and upon the families of these children.
Pedophilia continues to inflict mental anguish well into the next generation as
adults try to come to grips with a betrayal that is so much a part of memory ,
this betrayal of trust by one that we were taught to esteem.
The women's priest movement offers a nurturing
presence, the inclusiveness of Eucharistic celebrations, the homilies that
address the here and now, and reflects the spirit of Christ as it came to us in
the Gospels when he surrounded himself with women and men.
It is unfair and poor journalism to continue to
make this connection between pedophilia and women priests. I urge you to read
the original documents rather than take this inference for granted. It is indeed
unfortunate that three 'grave' matters were included in the same document but
certainly no reason for this misinformed interpretation.
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The true 'Delecta Gravia' is the refusal to ORDAIN WOMEN!'
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