Georgia Walker became a Roman Catholic priest Saturday — at least, according to her and those who filled a midtown church to witness her ordination.
Catholic canon law stipulates that only baptized men may be ordained as priests, and Walker has said she’s been informed by church officials that she would be excommunicated if she went through with the ceremony.
But Walker reiterated Saturday that she does not accept that ruling.
“We are not leaving the Catholic Church; we are leading the church to a new model,” she said before the service at St. Mark Hope and Peace Lutheran Church, 3800 Troost Ave.
“The good news is that God cannot be put in a box and that God is calling women to serve the people of God in inclusive, empowered, egalitarian communities today,” said Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan of the organization.
During her homily, Meehan applauded statements of Pope Francis, who, she said, “recognizes inequality as the root of social sin and has taken positive steps to increase the number of women theologians.” But she also criticized the pope for phrases that threaten to marginalize those same women, in once instance referring to them as “strawberries on the cake,” Meehan said.
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