Breaking News: Community supports ousted St. Louis nun

This "just in" from a National Catholic Reporter email alert - where have they been? It's been nearly a week since this started.

Community supports ousted St. Louis nun
By Tom Fox NCR Staff
Published: July 2, 2008


Louise Lears (Photo by Jim Tobin)

Sister of Charity Louise Lears, forced out of all church ministerial roles by Saint Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, is described by friends and colleagues in near saintly terms....

It was her belief that all church ministries, including women’s ordination, should be open to women....

Her belief is erroneous and at odds with what the Church teaches. Despite whatever good she does, she may not publicly support this position as she has done and remain a Catholic in good standing.

Jerry King, a member of the parish and member of the Center for Theology and Social Analysis in Saint Louis, an organization he and Lears belong to, found irony in the Burke censure. “Louise was not spoiling for a fight; she really did not want a fight; she wanted resolution.” He said she just wanted to be a pastor – “and has been very good at it, very active in her commitments” to the parish, which he described as a “last stop” for people disaffected from the church.

In other words, it's a hotbed of dissent. And she just wanted to be a "pastor"....Touching...

King and others now worry the disaffected are now going to drop out altogether....

Disaffected? What this really means is those who loathe the teachings of the Church , especially with regard to women priestettes and homosexuality. Haven't they already dropped out? Do they believe all that the Church teaches? Hardly; it's more the cafeteria or buffet style at St Cronan's from what we understand.

You can read this old news from the 'Distorter' here.