[NYer]

Ping

[Moose4]

So what does “expelling from the clerical state” mean? If he’s removed from office, he’s no longer a bishop but he’s still a priest and can perform priestly duties, but if he’s “expelled,” he’s a layperson? Is this like a double secret excommunication?

}:-)4

[Campion]

Pope Benedict XVI is believed to be mulling over the possibility of expelling a bishop, Fernando Lugo, from the clerical state

So Abp. Milingo (the Moonie) was excommunicated but not expelled from the clerical state?

[dangus]

Richard Sipe is one of the good guys, isn’t he? A reformer of seminaries to weed out those who can’t bear the burden of celibacy?

Incidentally, I’ve met McCarrick. Struck me as queer as a three-dollar bill, printed in the new “lavender” color five-dollar-bill ink. But the allegations around him also involve other archbishops!