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You're too kind. He's also a lunatic.

One of his other causes over the years has been trying to force the Roman Catholic Church to ordain female priests. In 1993 he began disrupting church services:

TURMOIL AT HOLY TRINITY PARISH
At Sunday School, in 1993, Christin McGovern and the other sophomores of Holy Trinity parish in Washington, D.C., were studying the sacraments. When the teacher got to holy orders, young Christin said she wasn’t interested in learning about a sacrament she couldn’t receive. Her father Ray, decided his daughter was right and a few week later began standing throughout Mass to protest the exclusion of women from holy orders. The “Standing,” as it became known, and how the parish grappled with it are the subjects of James Naughton’s book Catholics in Crisis: An American Parish Fights for Its Soul. (Addison-Wesley. pp 273-24)…
When the theologically sophisticated Ray McGovern is given an opportunity to explain his protest to his fellow parishioners, he centers his talk around the question, "Why can’t mommies be priests?" He notes that just a few years ago, mommies could not be doctors or lawyers either.

In 1998 he demonstrated at the CTA national conference wearing a stole:

Call to Action 1998 Conference Detailed Agenda
Justice for Women: A Matter of Conscience
Ray McGovern has made a sustained witness against the subordination of women in our Church: his silent standing and stole-wearing at parish Mass in Washington, DC is described in Jim Naughton’s book, Catholics in Crisis. Ray speaks personally about why he did it (including a young daughter’s dismay at being told one sacrament is off limits), the volatile reaction of a progressive but fearful parish, and the lessons learned. He challenges other men to join the struggle. McGovern spent 26 years as a foreign affairs analyst for the CIA. He and his wife Rita have five adult children. Sat., 1:30 PM and 8 PM. Incl. Q/A.

McGovern is now involved with a non-Catholic street preacher “ministry” in Washington, which involves (you guessed it) “Speaking Truth to Power."

I note that articles say he was a CIA analyst under Reagan and Bush 41, but in one article he is shown with a screen caption "27 year CIA analyst". So he was a career CIA who turned out to be a leftist wacko, and they misleadingly make him sound like a rock-ribbed republican who was hired by Reagan.

Pretty embarrassing that the media billed this as a legitimate challenge to Rumsfeld - IF the Bush Administration had the gumption to point it out. Because they don't, the McGoverns may be running the CIA soon.