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I had not heard of this.
These claims seem to arise from the
claims of Ludmila Javorová and
pertain to bishop Felix Maria Davídek
who apparently attempted to ordain
her secretly. While all I'm going
on is the data in Wikipedia, it does
not appear any permission from Rome
was sought, and, in fact, Bishop
Davídek had been responsible
for several irregular ordinations
and was forced to cease acting as
a bishop by the Holy See. The article
on Javorova, says,
'The ordination of women was a
highly controversial theme within
Davídek's group and played
a role in its splitting in the
early 1970s. Davídek himself
concealed Javorová's ordination
from many of his co-workers. Davídek
demanded written promises of "absolute
silence on the matter" from
people participating in his secret
ordinations.'
This does not sound like something
done above-board.
I think what we have here is a loose
cannon, not an endorsement from Rome.
The ordination attempt was in 1970,
five years before the Holy See made
an official statement ruling out
women's ordination. It seems unlikely
that the Holy See would have changed
its mind in such a short period of
time.
Eric
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