Calling SP results in ORA-00911: invalid character

I am testing a supposedly very simple stored procedure in XE. It compiles with no errors but when I enter the following command in the SQL Command window I get an ORA-00911: invalid character.
call get_all_customer_orgs;
The get_all_customer_orgs procedure is defined as...
create or replace procedure get_all_customer_orgs (p_recordset out sys_refcursor)
is
begin
open p_recordset for
select * from customerorgs;
end get_all_customer_orgs;
I don't understand what the invalid character could be. Guidance? Thanks.

I don't have XE handy, but your procedure works from SQL Plus (changing the table to emp).
SQL> create or replace procedure get_all_customer_orgs (p_recordset out sys_refcursor)
2 is
3 begin
4 open p_recordset for
5 select empno,ename from emp;
6 end get_all_customer_orgs;
7 /
Procedure created.
SQL> var allemps refcursor
SQL> exec get_all_customer_orgs(:allemps);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> print allemps
               EMPNO ENAME
                7369 SMITH
                7499 ALLEN
                7521 WARD
                7566 JONES
                7654 MARTIN
                7698 BLAKE
                7782 CLARK
                7788 SCOTT
                7839 KING
                7844 TURNER
                7876 ADAMS
                7900 JAMES
                7902 FORD
                7934 MILLER
14 rows selected.

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