MEXICO CITY — A Catholic priest’s condemnation of miniskirts on a church website is causing outrage among some women, who say the Roman Catholic Church is making it easier to justify sexual violence.
The Rev. Sergio G. Roman sounded the alarm against miniskirts in an online publication. “When we show our body without prudence, without modesty, we are prostituting ourselves,” wrote Roman, a Mexico City priest.
Newspaper columnists lampooned the article, and women’s-rights advocates have assailed it. Women dressed in miniskirts and low-cut shirts have rallied at the doors of Mexico City’s cathedral during Sunday Mass.
Guadalupe Loaeza, a renowned social commentator, said she worries the statements will make it acceptable to blame a victim of violence.
