[BITList] as grave an offense as pedophilia

[CT's]

ordaining women = pedophilia

is this lot for real?

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 Advertise on NYTimes.comVatican Revises Abuse Process, but Causes Stir 
Andrew Medichini/Associated Press
Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor, left, and Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi discussed the new set of norms issued on Thursday to respond to the worldwide clerical abuse scandal. 

By RACHEL DONADIO

Published: July 15, 2010
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican issued revisions to its internal laws on Thursday making it easier to discipline sex-abuser priests, but caused confusion by also stating that ordaining women as priests was as grave an offense as pedophilia. 

The decision to link the issues appears to reflect the determination of embattled Vatican leaders to resist any suggestion that pedophilia within the priesthood can be addressed by ending the celibacy requirement or by allowing women to become priests. 

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