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dimbear

(6,271 posts) Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:53 PM Nov 2012

Liberal priest Roy Bourgeois repaid for longtime pro-feminist efforts with lai-

cization by less than liberal RCC.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/maryknoll-priest-roy-bourgeois-expelled-over-support-for-womens-ordination/2012/11/20/1667f0b8-3358-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html

Nice try, but there's no room for liberals in the Catholic Church.

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Liberal priest Roy Bourgeois repaid for longtime pro-feminist efforts with lai- (Original Post) dimbear Nov 2012 OP

Roy Bourgeois is not just a liberal priest he is an internationally recognized human rights advocate Bjorn Against Nov 2012 #1

That's sad struggle4progress Nov 2012 #2

There's plenty of room. rug Nov 2012 #3

But they're changing the church from within! trotsky Nov 2012 #4

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)

1. Roy Bourgeois is not just a liberal priest he is an internationally recognized human rights advocate

Reply to dimbear (Original post)

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 12:02 AM

Nov 2012

He is the founder of School of the Americas Watch and his efforts to shine a light on human rights abuses in Latin America have made him a hero to many people around the world. It says a lot about the Catholic Church that they would excommunicate a truly great person like Bourgeois yet they protected known pedophiles.