LOL!!! Veronica Luekens was dismissed as a mental case by the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1973.
You are scraping the bottom of the barrel when you use this imposter to justify your positions.
Aren't you one of those "by their fruits, you will know them" people?
Well, the permanent diaconate has ordained over 800 men per year over the last 25 years, on average. That's twice the number of men who've been ordained to the celibate priesthood.
The permanent diaconate is the only clerical vocation that continues to grow dramatically.
But that doesnt change a thing! They cannot do things that ordained priests can do, namely, give absolution and say Mass.
Veronica Leuken was never, ever examined or interviewed by any person representing hte Diocese of Brooklyn. Period. She was never examined by a liscenced psychiatrist emplyed by the Diocese of Brooklyn.
You dont have to believe in Bayside - but stop spreading old lies about a deceased woman!
You are (allegdely) a deacon - not a priest. So you have no power, cannot say mass, hear confessions, or annoint the dying and shrive them of their sins(i.e. give the Last Rites).
As the article indicates, one of the motivations for establishing the socalled permanent lay diaconate was to agitate against clerical celilbacy.........of which it has done a wonderful job.
.......and of which agenda you eminantly espouse, byt your posts.