Q: What course do parishioners have to ask the bishop to correct, reprimand or otherwise relocate a priest who refuses to baptize children of parents that he doesn’t “recognize” as parishioners, even though they are on the parish roll? He has cut the Mass schedule, making it nearly impossible for shift workers to attend Mass. And he won’t offer English-language baptism classes, confirmation classes and CCD.
This priest threatened to excommunicate the last person who sat down to try to discuss their “concerns” with him. –Andrea Continue reading