"The report has furthermore caused scandal and pain throughout the church community, and created greater polarization." The full statement is available on the group's website here.

The use of the word "scandal" is, to my mind, noteworthy, since it is an especially strong charge, and is also the precise word used by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in its Doctrinal Assessment. Specifically, the Vatican charged that some of the addresses given at some of the LCWR's assemblies were a "serious source of scandal." The LCWR today charges that the CDF's report has itself caused both "scandal and pain." Both the Vatican and the LCWR are saying that the other's actions are, literally, a "stumbling block" to the faith of others.