Perilous for church

Kudos to columnist Maureen Dowd ("The Nuns' Story," Oct. 26) for speaking out against the disenfranchisement of nuns and women in general in the Catholic Church. A very great many of us practicing Catholics are shocked, ashamed and embarrassed at the audacity of church leadership to continue to treat women so poorly, even as their importance to the survival of the Catholic Church increases.

EVELYN CHRISTIE
Regent Square