{"id":300408,"date":"2019-07-20T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=300408"},"modified":"2019-07-20T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T17:05:02","slug":"vatican-issues-disciplinary-measures-against-bransfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/07\/vatican-issues-disciplinary-measures-against-bransfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Issues Disciplinary Measures Against Bransfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A big h\/t to Rocco<\/a>,<\/strong> who noted this on his Twitter feed last night.<\/p>\n

The announcement is posted on the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston web page<\/a>,<\/strong> stating \u201cthe Holy Father has decided the following disciplinary measures for Bishop Emeritus [Michael] Bransfield\u201d:<\/p>\n

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  1. the prohibition to reside in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.<\/li>\n
  2. the prohibition to preside or to participate anywhere in any public celebration of the Liturgy.<\/li>\n
  3. the obligation to make personal amends for some of the harm he caused; the nature and extent of the amends to be decided in consultation with the future Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    You can read it\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Background details here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A big h\/t to Rocco, who noted this on his Twitter feed last night. The announcement is posted on the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston web page, stating \u201cthe Holy Father has decided the following disciplinary measures for Bishop Emeritus [Michael] Bransfield\u201d: the prohibition to reside in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. the prohibition to preside or to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":296638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,45],"tags":[1096,213],"class_list":["post-300408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishops","category-ripped-from-the-headlines","tag-bishop-bransfield","tag-catholic-sex-abuse-crisis"],"yoast_head":"\nVatican Issues Disciplinary Measures Against Bransfield<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A big h\/t to Rocco, who noted this on his Twitter feed last night. 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