Roy Bourgeois, Ossining priest, banished for backing female priesthood
Photo credit: Newsday/Ed Betz | Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a Catholic Priest, speaks after a screening of the film "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican" in Huntington, N.Y. (Jan. 22, 2012)
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Priest dismissed
A Roman Catholic order in New York says the Vatican has dismissed a priest for his involvement in the movement to ordain women.
A statement from the Ossining-based Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers says the Rev. Roy Bourgeois was let go by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
It says he "participated in the invalid ordination of a woman" in 2008. The woman was a member...
