Bill In The News (NBC Connecticut):

NBC Owned Television Stations across the country conducted an anonymous survey of Catholic Church employees. The results provide a unique perspective on how Catholics in America are served by their dioceses, parishes, schools and other ministries.

When asked if church employees believe the church should consider ordaining married men as priests, 65.5 percent answered “Yes, this needs further study.” Conversely, 34.5 percent responded “No, this is settled doctrine.”

“There’s a profound difference between a preference and a demand,” said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization. “So a lot of the Catholics are saying yeah if they want to do that that’s OK, but it doesn’t really touch them.” READ MORE HERE

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