SISTER Roseann Reddy, co-founder of Glasgow-based order the Sisters of the Gospel of Life, believes reform is not necessary and issues such as falling priesthood numbers are more to do with modern culture than the rules or scandals of the Church.
She said: "In many other churches you can marry and have women ministers and all of that and their numbers are falling just as dramatically as ours.
"If you are a member of the Catholic Church we are not a democracy and we have never claimed to be a democracy.
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