Who's giving scandal here? It seems to me it's the Archbishop--by trying to extort what doesn't belong to him legally. The board is perfectly within its rights to tell him to go fly a kite.
The congregation may have the right and the power to withhold its property from the church hierarchy. The church hierarchy likewise has a right/ capability to discipline the congregation. hard to get worked up over this. Each side makes its decisions and lives with them.
It seems to me whenever we read of such stories, that I am reminded of the German tale of Bishop Hatto II of Mainz and his fate in "Der Mauseturm".
"The board is perfectly within its rights to tell him to go fly a kite."
Really? And we all know why you think that, don't we? I guess canon law doesn't matter in this case, huh? Hits a little too close too home.
Certainly you realize that in the Kingship of Christ that Archbishop Lefebvre emphasizes, the spiritual order is NOT subservient to the temporal. It is quite the opposite. Why would you take a liberal, dissident side here? Hey, you and sinkspur are on the same side of this issue!!!
LOL!!!!