Priest refuses to lie or recant

A distinguished American Catholic priest, Fr Roy Bourgeois, faces dismissal from the priesthood for refusing to recant by today his view that women can validly be ordained priests.

Fr Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest, said that his superiors were telling him to lie and say he did not believe that God calls both men and women to the priesthood.

“This I cannot do,” he wrote, “therefore I will not recant.

This is truly incredible, that is, if the report is accurate.

This is what dictatorships do.

How can the Archbishop of Dublin expect people to take 'responsibility' in such an organisation.

The idea of his superiors telling him to lie is the usual line of the church.

In the past convicted serial paedophiles have had difficulty resigning their priesthood.

In justice my Catholic Church cannot be allowed continue in this manner.
And what a horrible word 'recant' is.

Has it now got to the point where you can be dismissed for your views on man-made laws?
Incredible.