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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. Click here to view the Photo Gallery "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...