-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Nun resigns order 'after Vatican bullying' By Geraint Smith One of Britain's best known nuns and Roman Catholic writers has left her religious order after being "bullied and intimidated" by the Vatican body formerly known as the Inquisition. Dr Lavinia Byrne, 52, a regular voice on Radio 4, has decided to leave the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and has asked to be dispensed from her vows. Her decision came after the body now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) told her to make a public statement backing the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae against contraception and the document restricting the priesthood to men. The CDF had also ordered 1,300 copies of her book Woman At The Altar, in support of women priests, to be "warehoused or burned". She said today: "I wrote the book in 1993 when the issue was completely open to debate. Subsequently, the Vatican ... asked for copies at a religious order in North America to be warehoused or burned." Acknowledging that the CDF had previously been known as the Inquisition, she told Radio 4's Today programme: "Burning books is familiar to them." Although still a "loyal and committed" Catholic, she "could not go on functioning with my hands tied behind her back," she said. She had decided to leave her order - which was supporting her - because she was effectively silenced. "They will not talk to me directly - only to my legitimate religious superiors." Earlier, she had said: "My quarrel is not with the community here or the Catholic Church in this country, but the CDF in Rome. "They are using techniques that seem to belong to another age. They are behaving like the Inquisition." More From > This is London Previous Story: Newsreader crash Pc is cleared (This is London - Evening Standard) Next Story: Ken's Tube plan 'disaster in New York' (This is London - Evening Standard) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Help Newspapers | News Unlimited | This is London | The Scotsman | Daily Record | Belfast Telegraph | Ireland Today Click Here to visit the This is London Web Site Comments to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright � 2000 Associated New Media. All rights reserved. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of Associated New Media <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
