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- ↑ BBC: Catholic women in unofficial ordination, June 2002
- ↑ "Church kicks out women 'priests'". BBC News . 5 August 2002. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ↑ Gosselin, Janie (26 July 2005). "Unofficial ordination for 9 Catholic women in Canada". Seattle Times . Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
