Scottish Bishop Excommunicates Rector of Redemptorists After Illicit Ordination

Scottish Bishop Excommunicates Rector of Redemptorists After Illicit Ordination

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Scottish bishop excommunicates rector of Redemptorists

Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, Scotland, has pronounced Father Michael Mary Sim, rector of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church.“Regrettably, I find Father Michael Mary guilty of the charges brought against him, most notably that of schism. He is therefore declared to be excommunicated, dismissed from ecclesiastical office, and prohibited from the celebration of Mass or the other…