[NYer]

In an interview yesterday, Bourgeois, 70, a Louisiana native, said he has stopped wearing a clerical collar and celebrating the Eucharist and other sacraments out of respect for the church’s view that he has been excommunicated.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"... said the priest, the Rev. Roy Bourgeois, to about 100 people"

Well! A hundred people! And this is news--- why?

"...out of respect for the church’s view that he has been excommunicated."

That's like "Michael Vick respects the judge's view that he's guilty of a felony." Or "John Kerry respects the voters' view that he is not President of the United States."

And --- about them priestesses?

There once was a woman whose mania
Was liturgical extemporanea.
She thought she'd at least
Be a self-declared priest:
And I am the Queen of Romania.