[BlessedBeGod]

People forget O’Brien is also free to say: ‘No, I’ll do what I want’.”

I would think (and hope) that if he was this disobedient, the Pope would then excommunicate him.

[ebb tide]

I don’t think it will happen. Most of the German bishops are already disobeying the Pope regarding Holy Communion for adulterers. Francis hasn’t raised a hand against them.