Church ordered to compensate woman denied deacon formation

'For the first time in history, Belgian bishops are condemned by a court for gender discrimination'

A court ordered two Belgian Church leaders to pay compensation Tuesday after a woman was not permitted to enroll in a diaconal formation program. 

The Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels, Belgium. VitVit via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The court ordered the retired Cardinal Jozef De Kesel and Archbishop Luc Terlinden, his successor as Archbi…