Nora, thanks, I am so very pleased to see you have raised this issue, as I couldn't find it in the article nor in all the comments I read so far. The hierarchy of the Church is 100% male. A big concern is how this 100% male KofC further distorts the message of Jesus. That there may be 'auxiliary' ladies groups associated with the KofC in no way ameliorates its gender apartheid. KofC's influence on the Church has to be hugely negative as the KofC is unbalanced gender-wise.