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Vatican City, Nov 19, 2012 \/ 03:52 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Vatican canonically dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers on Oct. 4, for disobedience and preaching against Church teaching on women's ordination.<\/p>\n

\tThe decision, made by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dispenses him from both the bonds of priesthood and religious life.<\/p>\n

\tOn Aug. 8, 2008, Bourgeois preached a homily at the simulated ordination of a woman to the Catholic priesthood. His participation in the simulated Mass led him to be automatically excommunicated.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWith patience, the Holy See and the Maryknoll Society have encouraged his reconciliation with the Catholic Church,\u201d said a statement from the Maryknoll Society Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cInstead, Mr. Bourgeois chose to campaign against the teachings of the Catholic Church in secular and non-Catholic venues. This was done without the permission of the local U.S. Catholic Bishops and while ignoring the sensitivities of the faithful across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDisobedience and preaching against the teaching of the Catholic Church about women's ordination led to his excommunication, dismissal and laicization.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBourgeois was told in July 2011 that he would be dismissed from the Maryknoll order unless he renounced his \u201cdefiant stance\u201d against Catholic teaching on the possibility of women's ordination.<\/p>\n

\tMaryknoll superior general Fr. Edward M. Dougherty in a July 27, 2011 letter warned Bourgeois of his imminent dismissal on the grounds that he had shown \u201cobstinate disobedience\u201d to his superiors in violation of his oath about a \u201cgrave matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe letter also cited his \u201cdiffusion of teachings\u201d opposed to the \u201cdefinitive teaching of John Paul II and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church as well as the \u201cgrave scandal\u201d he has caused to the people of God, to the Church, and to many Maryknoll priests and brothers.<\/p>\n

\tBourgeois replied soon after that the Catholic teaching on male priesthood \u201cdefies both faith and reason\u201d and is \u201crooted in sexism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI will not recant,\u201d he said in his Aug. 8, 2011 reply.<\/p>\n

\tFollowing that exchange, his case proceeded to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which more than a year later dismissed and laicized Bourgeois.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMr. Bourgeois freely chose his views and actions, and all the members of the Maryknoll Society are saddened at the failure of reconciliation,\u201d the order stated.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWith this parting, the Maryknoll Society warmly thanks Roy Bourgeois for his service to mission and all members wish him well in his personal life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vatican City, Nov 19, 2012 \/ 03:52 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- The Vatican canonically dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers on Oct. 4, for disobedience and preaching against Church teaching on women's ordination.<\/p>\n

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