[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

According to its own website the ‘Ecumenical Catholic Community’ has about 20 parishes in 11 states, most of them in California and Colorado. They claim to be part of the ‘Old Catholic’ community which became schismatic at the time of the First Vatican Council, on the issue of Papal Infallibility. This group is obviously fully heretical at this point, and seems to have some of the aspects of a scam, getting religious tax exemptions. (This last part is my suspicion, based on the website.)

[wideawake]

Doing more digging, I am going to guess that this group has significantly less than 1,000 people who attend their services weekly.

When was the last time Newsweek gave a glowing profile - basically an advertisement - to such a tiny sect?

It does seem - like many "Old Catholic" offshoots in the US - to be run mostly as a tax dodge.

[Cheverus]

I would put them two schisms beyond “Old Catholic”...maybe three.

I read up on “Old Catholics” when all that Milingo business was going on. There are a plethora of lines that claim to be “Old Catholic”...most are wacky quacky liberals, a couple are a bit more High Church.