In Sarasota, Catholics buck church doctrine on women as priests

Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sunday, February 14, 2010

SARASOTA — A former nun who the Vatican says has been excommunicated ordained two women priests and one deacon in Sarasota, part of a growing and controversial movement claiming to be an offshoot of the Catholic church.

The ordinations were the first in Florida by the group known as Roman Catholic Womenpriests, which preaches equality for women by allowing them into the priesthood and plays down allegiance to the pope. the rest