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Posted by Barbara Dorris on January 08, 2013
Something here doesn’t pass the ‘smell test’ with the defrocking of Fr. Royce Thomas.
A 40 year veteran of the priesthood is not permanently ousted from the priesthood by the Vatican over trivial misdeeds. We strongly suspect that there’s much more here than Bishop Taylor is admitting.
And we know of no priest ever who’s been defrocked because of an alleged drinking problem.
Bishop Taylor and his brother bishops have pledged to be “open and transparent” about clergy sexual misconduct cases. We suspect this may be one of such cases, though we hope we’re wrong. In any event, Bishop Taylor owes his flock more information than he has provided thus far.
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