On Air: Is ordaining women really as bad as child sex abuse?
| 10:33 UK time, Friday, 16 July 2010
.... It has published new religious rules that set both sins at the same level of gravity and recommended the same punishment for guilty priests. The Vatican, together with the Catholic wing of the Church of England, believes that since Christ chose no women disciples, it is wrong for women to assume leadership in the Church. A .
While some people find it difficult to accept that women shouldn't be welcomed into the Priesthood they find it offensive, and , to put the ordination of women in the same category as child sex abuse.
Walrus 99 tweets
Shows how lightly they take this child rape problem.
Liz Varner, also on Twitter says
To be fair, women in positions of power/influence is about as disgusting as child molestation
The move by the Catholic Church is out of step with other parts the Christian faith. Earlier this week the Church of England synod voted to allow .
And this announcement by the Vatican came on the same day that Argentina legalised same sex marriage, the first Latin American country to do it.
This commentator says it's a
Is the Catholic church right, should the ordination of women be a crime? And can it be compared to child abuse?
