UNITED STATES
Medicine Hat News
Friday, 01 June 2012 07:48 Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns said Friday that the Vatican-ordered overhaul of their organization is based on unsubstantiated claims from a flawed investigation that has caused “scandal and pain” for Roman Catholics.
A Vatican agency in April said the group has “serious doctrinal problems,” including taking positions that undermined Catholic teaching on the all-male priesthood, marriage and homosexuality. The Vatican reprimand prompted an outpouring of support for nuns by Catholics and non-Catholics.
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents about 57,000 nuns, said they will bring their concerns to the Vatican orthodoxy watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a meeting scheduled for June 12 in Rome.
The national board of the nuns’ group issued the statement, its first since the Holy See ordered the overhaul, after a three-day private meeting.
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