Roy Bourgeois is becoming the Pete Rose of Catholicism.
He got booted for bad behavior and now he’s trying everything he can to weasel his way back in.
Bourgeois, you might recall, is the priest who was excommunicated for his public approval of the ordination of women and was subsequently stripped of his priestly duties. Not only did he publicly approve of female ordination, he reportedly took part in one such ceremony. And he’s reportedly “working with an attorney” to appeal his status because he’s thinking that Pope Francis might be a little more amenable to his point of view on things a bit more than Pope Benedict XVI was.
AJC reports:
With the election of new Pope Francis, Bourgeois said Friday he is working with an attorney to appeal the decision that expelled him from being a Catholic priest for the next 40 years.
“He signed the order in November and we are appealing it right now,” Bourgeois said of Benedict. “We hope the new pope will be more open to women in the church.”
Bourgeois, 74, said he was stripped of his position after he publicly supported the ordination of women priests. While actions were considered against him, Bourgeois said he was asked to recant his support and remain silent on women ordination, but he refused…
Bourgeois said he’s never met the new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio…
“I’m feeling better about this pope,” he said. “I’m feeling humble. He is much closer to the poor and he is calling for simplicity. I’m cautiously optimistic.”
Bourgeois has certainly been busy. Besides lawyering up, he spoke at a Call to Action conference earlier this year, he was in East Lansing last night to show a movie entitled “Pink Smoke in the Vatican,” and next month he’ll be in New York City along with Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin to push for female ordination as well as other issues at a number of different locations.
So you see, what he really wants is for the Catholic Church to change, not him.
April 18, 2013 at 7:26 am
"Pink Smoke At The Vatican"? Sounds like an (attempted) expose of homosexuality at the top.
I would think that such people as Bourgeois would favor homosexuals in the clergy, not oppose or criticize them.
April 18, 2013 at 7:30 am
What a stupid stunt. What in the Devil does he need lawyers for and who's paying them? What an old fool wasting what remains of his life and his soul.
April 18, 2013 at 11:59 am
He is one of the stars of "Pink Smoke at the Vatican." Here is a piece I wrote for Ignatius Insight on it, you will find it eye-opening. I did.
http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2011/gfinke_pinksmoke_july2011.asp
April 18, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Has he never heard of Anglicanism? I'm certain they'd take him on as a "priest."
April 18, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Yes, he's feeling really HUMBLE. Roy is a man with HUMILITY written all over him. As a matter of fact, Roy is the most HUMBLE person Roy has ever met, in his own HUMBLE opinion.
He should have been excommunicated just for being a jerk, forget the theological points.
April 18, 2013 at 5:57 pm
"expelled him from being a Catholic priest for the next 40 years."???????
He was excommunicated – he could get that changed very, very easily. Just agree to remain silent on women's ordination!
He wasn't "expelled" and it wasn't for 40 years!
What stupidity – him or the reporter
Joan M
April 19, 2013 at 9:39 pm
I don't harbor any particular ill-will towards this guy… I hope he gets his head on straight and gets back in tune with the Church.
But taking this to Pope Francis? Back where I come from, there's a saying… "he'll be dead before his body hits the ground".
April 22, 2013 at 6:55 pm
"I'm this… I'm that… I have a good feeling… I, I, I…"
April 23, 2013 at 2:48 am
Gosh!!!! How I love Jesus Christ so much and the beauty of the One, Apostolic, Catholic Faith.
To the Beloved Faithful: Stand Firm and Remain Steadfast in your/our support of the Vicar of Christ and Catholic Doctrines – now and past!
I Proclaim and Profess the truth in Christ and through His Most Precious Blood, I bind everyone.
Come Lord Jesus!
Lily of France
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