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To: trebb
The Priest's secretary sent it [the letter of excommunication] - it was in the mid-60s.

Your father was misled

But a parish priest cannot inflict this penalty [excommunication] nor even declare that it is incurred, i. e. he cannot do so in an official and judicial manner.

From Catholic Encyclopedia
106 posted on 07/10/2006 8:18:07 AM PDT by syriacus (Clinton's legacy in a book on US Presidents -- blank pages serving as a fat bookmark between Bushes.)
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To: syriacus

see my post 105 - rules or no rules, things happen


107 posted on 07/10/2006 8:26:41 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: syriacus

see my post 105 - rules or no rules, things happen


108 posted on 07/10/2006 8:26:43 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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