Austria Cardinal Schonborn Attacks Sodano Urges Reform in Catholic Church

Schönborn attacks Sodano and urges reform
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt8 May 2010

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/14678

"The head of the Austrian Church has launched an attack of one of the most senior cardinals in the Vatican, saying that Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, “deeply wronged” the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy when he dismissed media reports of the scandal. In a meeting with editors of the main Austrian daily newspapers last week, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, also said the Roman Curia was “urgently in need of reform”, and that lasting gay relationships deserved respect. He reiterated his view that the Church needs to reconsider its position on re-married divorcees."....

Is this the beginning of the institutional church dealing with the issue of sexual abuse and the need for reform in a more open, realistic way? I wonder how Cardinal Schonborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, feels about women priests! It is interesting to me that one of our first womenpriests is from Austria and lives in Austria, Roman Catholic Woman bishop Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, who has celebrated funerals and weddings with male Catholic priests in Catholic Churches in Austria with the knowlege of diocesan officials. Perhaps, let us hope this is a crack in the stained glass ceiling in the Roman Catholic Church!
Bridget Mary Meehan
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