Roy Bourgeois is a Catholic priest who is now being threatened by the Vatican and his very own congregation for defending justice and equality of men and women in the church. He is a rare example of a man who stands by his truth and suffers the consequences of his actions. May he not recant in face of the threat of excommunication especially at this time when ecclesiastical powers are all over him. People like him are not easy to find nowadays. Martyr and prophet in the making. We hope he can bear all the pains inflicted by the contemporary Inquisition.
Bourgeois “refused to be cowed by men who support an unjust law that knowingly and persistently discriminates against half of the Body of Christ. Father Roy has acted as a true Imago Dei by speaking truth to power, regardless of the consequences. He has seen the face of Jesus in his sisters,” said Eileen DiFranco, administrator of the eastern region of Roman Catholic Women Priests USA in the release.
Read more here: http://ncronline.org/news/bourgeois-dismissal-came-after-two-years-dialog-says-maryknoll
http://ncronline.org/node/2571
http://ncronline.org/blogs/grace-margins/roy-bourgeois-priesthood-can-never-truly-end
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