{"id":6034,"date":"2011-08-09T06:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T10:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:40:06","slug":"maryknoll-dismisses-fr-roy-bourgeois-for-causing-grave-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/08\/maryknoll-dismisses-fr-roy-bourgeois-for-causing-grave-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Maryknoll to dismiss Fr. Roy Bourgeois for causing "grave scandal""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Details, from the New York Times: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rev. Roy Bourgeois, who refused to renounce his increasingly public campaign to see women ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church<\/a>, has been notified of his dismissal by his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.<\/p>\n

A letter to Father Bourgeois, signed by the superior general and the general secretary of the Maryknoll order in the United States, said the dismissal was necessary because of his \u201cdefiant stance\u201d in opposition to church teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour numerous public statements and appearances in support of the women\u2019s priests movement continues to create in the minds of many faithful the view that your position is acceptable to our Church,\u201d the letter said, adding that Father Bourgeois had caused the church \u201cgrave scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Father Bourgeois has gone further than any other priest in good standing to ally himself publicly with the growing women\u2019s ordination movement. The group Roman Catholic Womenpriests claims to have ordained 120 women as priests and 10 as bishops in the last few years. The Vatican regards the ceremonies as illicit and invalid. Father Bourgeois participated in one such ceremony in 2008, and since then has given speeches around the country in support of female priests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want two words: I recant,\u201d Father Bourgeois said. \u201cAnd they can\u2019t get that out of me. For me, the real scandal is the message we are sending to women: you\u2019re not equal, you cannot be priests, you\u2019re not worthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case now moves to the Vatican for his formal removal from the priesthood, or laicization. Father Bourgeois said he had hired the Rev. Thomas Doyle, a canon lawyer known for testifying as an expert witness on behalf of victims suing the church in clergy sexual abuse cases, to represent him at the Vatican.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other reports \u2014 notably in the National Catholic Reporter<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 indicate the dismissal is not final and that Bourgeois is being given 15 days to recant.\u00a0 However, as he\u2019s indicated above, he still refuses to do so.<\/p>\n

You can read the Maryknoll letter and Bourgeois\u2019s response here.<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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