“Lesbian Catholic Priest”

Bay Area ‘womanpriest’ has new venue for ‘Masses’
May 16, 2011

Excerpt:
The webpage has this to say about Rue’s visit: “Eucharist with Rev. Dr. Victoria Rue, Lesbian Catholic Priest. MCCSF is thrilled to offer a monthly GLBTQ Catholic Mass or Eucharist (thanksgiving), on the 2nd Saturday of every month. Victoria Rue, a priest ordained in the Roman Catholic tradition (though not officially recognized by the official Catholic Church), will preside. …Rev. Victoria was featured in the recent documentary film, Pink Smoke Over the Vatican, an exploration of the Women Priest movement.”

The announcement underscores a point made in a May 9 California Catholic Daily article: Among dissenting groups, the term “the official church” is increasingly replacing the term “the institutional church.” As dissenting groups and homosexual activists increase their presence in churches, the objection to “the institutional church” appears to be fading, and their enmity is directed toward what they are now calling “the official church.”

Rue also celebrates a “Eucharistic Gathering” in a “house church” in San Francisco’s East Bay. The event is organized by a group called “The Women of Magdala.” The Women of Magdala was organized in 2004 by parishioners from Christ the King Catholic Church in Pleasant Hill, whose pastor, Fr. Brian Joyce, celebrated a now infamous “clown Mass” in 2002. the rest