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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Roman Catholic Womanpriest Mary Ann Schoettly/New Jersey Herald Tribune Articles

http://www.njherald.com/story/news/06SCHOETTLY

http://www.njherald.com/story/news/a0807-BC-EU-Vatican-Priests-3rdLd-Writethru-06-08-0913


AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito
Representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference stage a protest in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. From left are Therese Koturbash, of Manitoba, Canada, Mary Ann Schoettly, of Fredon, and Erin Saiz Hanna, of Washington, D.C.

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"ROME (AP) -- The clerical sex abuse crisis is energizing Roman Catholic dissidents who want to open up the priesthood to women and ditch celibacy requirements.

They marched on Rome Tuesday -- among them a Fredon woman ordained as a priest last year in a ceremony condemned by the church -- even as Pope Benedict XVI called on priests to converge on the Vatican to cap a yearlong celebration of the priesthood. And in a sign of the deepening crisis, the faithful in traditionally Catholic Austria are at the forefront of demands for change.

In Rome, church reformers demanded changes in the male-dominated church structure they say is responsible for covering up priestly sex abuse for decades, pressing their case on the eve of a three-day rally of the world's priests summoned by Benedict.

Mary Ann Schoettly, of Fredon, joined members of the the U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference in a demonstration in front of St. Peter's Basilica and also appeared with members
of the group at a press
conference...


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