CLEVELAND (OH)
The Plain Dealer
By Rose Vardell, The Plain Dealer
on July 26, 2013
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Female priests, married priests and same-sex marriage tolerance may not be compatible with the Roman Catholic church’s teachings, but these changes are what the outspoken Rev. Helmut Schuller is calling for.
The Austrian priest offered these reformations to church doctrine as possible solutions for the growing priest shortage during a Friday luncheon at the Cleveland City Club. It was his second talk in Cleveland this week and part of his three-week, 15-city tour in the United States called “The Catholic Tipping Point.”
Schuller said female priests were an essential contribution to the movement for a changed direction in the institutional church.
“A religion that says men and women are both made in the image of God must be reflected in the ministerial structure as well,” he said.
Schuller was banned from Catholic churches in Detroit and Boston during the tour. Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Schuller’s beliefs oppose the church’s doctrine.
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