Richard Estrada, 72, has made a name for himself in Los Angeles. He
founded the first homeless shelter for immigrant youth in the city,
planned the historic immigration march of 2006, and provided thousands
of gallons of water to those crossing the border, dying of fatigue. Now a former Catholic priest, Estrada recently decided to join the Episcopal church.
Estrada's concerns and motives fall with the 52 percent of Catholics who favor gay marriage and the 70 percent who favor ordination of women as clergy without special requirements. He told the Los Angeles Times that he felt "the pain of his gay and lesbian parishioners who were ashamed of their sexuality, and of women who he felt were treated as second-class citizens." Estrada joined the Episcopal church in August, partly because women, gays and lesbians are allowed to serve as priests and bishops.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/former-catholic-priest-and-advocate-immigrants-joins-episcopal-church
Estrada's concerns and motives fall with the 52 percent of Catholics who favor gay marriage and the 70 percent who favor ordination of women as clergy without special requirements. He told the Los Angeles Times that he felt "the pain of his gay and lesbian parishioners who were ashamed of their sexuality, and of women who he felt were treated as second-class citizens." Estrada joined the Episcopal church in August, partly because women, gays and lesbians are allowed to serve as priests and bishops.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/former-catholic-priest-and-advocate-immigrants-joins-episcopal-church