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	Priests Support Ordination of Married Men, Women Taiwan News June 28, 2010 http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1303400&lang=eng_news A survey of 500 Austrian parish priests indicates that 79 percent think the Catholic church should allow married men to be ordained. The telephone survey _ commissioned by Austrian broadcaster ORF _ also found that 51 percent of those questioned say women should be allowed to become priests. Austria, where an estimated 65 percent of the population is Catholic, has in recent years become known as the center of a movement to liberalize the church. A summary of the survey released Monday also said 51 percent of the respondents say the Vatican does a poor job handling sexual abuse cases.
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