Elizabeth Jane Via

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Elizabeth Jane Via is a California lawyer and one of the "womenpriests" of the Roman Catholic Church.

Via is presently an attorney with the San Diego District Attorney's office.[1]

As a self-proclaimed practicing Catholic female priest, she is in violation of the Catholic Church's ban on female clergy.[2]

Via has attempted to speak on the topic of women in the priesthood at public gatherings, but at times her invitations to speak are revoked.[3]

Via is also known for the case of Alicia Wade in which she abused the innocent father of Alicia falsely accusing him of rape, the law suit was settled for $3.7 million to the Wade family.

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  1. ^ Elizabeth Jane Via record with California Bar Association
  2. ^ New York Times: A Place At The Altar
  3. ^ Disinvited