Bishop J Douglas Deshotel issued the order after Scott Peyton had resigned from his post, but the abusive priest was not censured
  • n2burns@lemmy.ca
    34·
    8 months ago

    “I am aware that your family has suffered a trauma but the answer does not lie in leaving the Most Holy Eucharist,” Deshotel wrote in his excommunication decree.

    By excommunicating him, you’ve banned him from receiving Eucharist. He didn’t leave.

    • meleecrits@lemmy.world
      14·
      8 months ago

      This is absolutely to punish him for bringing the corruption to light. I’d wear this excommunication as a badge of honor, but I’m not Catholic.