PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Newsworks

July 19, 2013
By Elizabeth Fiedler @EAFiedler

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is not happy about a Catholic priest from Austria who’s set to speak tonight at Chestnut Hill College. Three local church reform organizations invited the controversial dissident who advocates for admitting women and married men to the priesthood.

Rev. Helmut Schuller said he’s happy to have the opportunity to spread his message about opening up the priesthood to more than single men, allowing Catholics to get a divorce and ending celibacy for priests. “For me that are questions concerning the future of the church and for the church in a modern society. So there are no difficulties for me to present them and to stand behind them.”

But Schuller’s remarks are concerning to other Catholics. Archdiocese of Philadelphia spokesman Kenneth Gavin said Father Schuller publicly advances views that diverge very seriously from the Vatican’s…