[Tribune7]

Was he reinstated as a bishop or just have the ban of excommunication lifted?

[ArrogantBustard]

Willimson (Note that I use no title) was consecrated a bishop illicitly ... that means in defiance of the Pope (John Paul II), for which he was automatically excommunicated. He has never held any office of Bishop within the Catholic Church, and does not now. Three other men were, at the same time, also illicitly concecrated and consequently excommunicated, along with the (legitimate) Bishop who did the consecration. B-XVI has lifted the penalty of excommunication on all four ... it has nothing to do with Williamson personally, and everything to do with attempting reconciliation with the sane members of their traditionalist religious community. Whether Williamson himself will choose to walk the path of sanity remains to be seen.