Pensioner calls for Mass boycott

THE pensioner who has called for a one-day boycott of Sunday Mass in protest at the Church’s attitude to women has said she has been receiving support for her stance over the past 24 hours.

The National Women’s Council of Ireland also said it has been contacted by several Catholic women who were “deeply hurt” by the Church’s recent pronouncements which suggested the ordination of women priests was as grievous a sin as paedophilia.

The international reform movement, We are Church also contacted 80-year-old Jennifer Sleeman, from Clonakilty, to voice their support.