Defrocked pro-life Catholic priest predicts church will move to excommunicate him
Defrocked Catholic priest Frank Pavone, one of the most prominent pro-life activists in the U.S., predicted Thursday that the dispute with his superiors that led to his dismissal as a cleric last week will likely end with his excommunication from the church.
The Vatican informed U.S. bishops in a letter last week that the American priest had been dismissed, with “no possibility of appeal” for “blasphemous communications on social media” and for disobeying his bishop.
That’s probably just the beginning, Mr. Pavone told The Washington Times.
“They are going to send me, at some point in the future, a decree of excommunication altogether — and they didn’t excommunicate me, they just told me I can’t function as a priest — they will excommunicate me and not because of anything I’m going to do. They will make up an excuse, they will find an excuse.”
The Associated Press reported that Mr. Pavone, 63, the national director of Priests for Life, a group of clerics dedicated to supporting the pro-life movement, had been investigated by the diocese of Amarillo, Texas — his most recent assignment — for having placed an aborted fetus on an altar and posting a video of it on two social media sites in 2016.
“They are going to send me, at some point in the future, a decree of excommunication altogether — and they didn’t excommunicate me, they just told me I can’t function as a priest — they will excommunicate me and not because of anything I’m going to do. They will make up an excuse, they will find an excuse.”
The Associated Press reported that Mr. Pavone, 63, the national director of Priests for Life, a group of clerics dedicated to supporting the pro-life movement, had been investigated by the diocese of Amarillo, Texas — his most recent assignment — for having placed an aborted fetus on an altar and posting a video of it on two social media sites in 2016.
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