Dismissal angers Catholics
posted on January 1, 2006 in News | 
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The Catholic Church is out of step with women's rights in today's world and as a result women are being denied social justice and their rights to full and equal participation in the Catholic Church, said the Catholic Network for Women's Equality.
"The recent discipline of Rev. Ed Cachia by the Catholic bishop of Peterborough, Ont., Nicola de Angelis, is contrary to the church's own teaching on social justice because the church has not acted justly in its treatment of Rev. Cachia or in providing adequate economic support for him," said Mary Ann Beavis, CNWE spokesperson.
Cachia, former associate pastor at St. Michaels' Parish in Cobourg, Ont., was relieved of his duties in late October for publicly supporting women's ordination. He was dismissed with two month's wages and no pension plan.
"The Peterborough diocese must practice what it preaches and take responsibility for fair and humane treatment of its workers," said Beavis, a professor of biblical studies. "It must allow people the freedom to speak the truth of their conscience and restore Fr. Cachia to active ministry." – Canada NewsWire
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