Roy Bourgeois -- a longtime peace activist and Catholic priest who had come under scrutiny for his support of women's ordination -- has been dismissed from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, which he served in Maryknoll, New York for 45 years, the National Catholic Reporter website reports today (November 20, 2012).
The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made the dismissal in October, according to a news release issued yesterday afternoon by the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
Yesterday's statement from Maryknoll puts a cap on years of discussion about Bourgeois' role in the order, following his participation in the ordination of Roman Catholic woman priest Janice Sevre-Duszynska in August 2008.
Shortly thereafter, Bourgeois was notified by the Vatican congregation that he had incurred a "latae sententiae" (automatic excommunication) for his participation.
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