Sir, – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has excommunicated one of its dedicated members, Kate Kelly, for daring to advocate opening the male-only priesthood to women ("Head of Mormon feminists is excommunicated", June 25th). The Catholic Church also claims, through Pope Francis, that the door is shut to women priests .
These churches believe that Jesus of Nazareth has given them a mandate to exclude women from their priesthoods, but nowhere in his recorded actions or words did Jesus ever exclude anybody, especially women. – Yours, etc,
BRENDAN BUTLER,
The Moorings,
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Malahide,
Co Dublin.