"Representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference stage a protest in front of St.Peter's Basilica, in Rome, with holding poster at front, from left, Therese Koturbash from Dauphin, Matitoba, Canada, Mary Ann Schoettly from Newton, N.J, US, Roman Catholic Womanpriest, and Erin Saiz Hanna, Washington, D.C. US, as they protest on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Groups that have long demanded that women be ordained Roman Catholic priests took advantage of the Vatican's crisis over clerical sex abuse to press their cause demanding the Vatican open discussions on letting women join the priesthood."
"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 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."
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