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You wrote:

“The do have the power to remove teaching or administering clergy do they not?”

No, no I don’t think so. The bishop can stop a priest from exercising his priestly function in a diocese, but he has little authority over a priest who doesn’t belong to his diocese. A priest at a university might belong to an order and therefore, is essentially independent of the bishop’s authority.

“He can order priest or brothers to resign their post.”

Nope. I don’t think. He can do that at the diocesan seminary of course - but that’s because he owns that. He doesn’t own the university.

“Certainly they have the power of excommunication of those defiantly teaching false doctrine.”

Yes, but that requires more than you might realize. It is actually HARD to get formally excommunicated in this day and age.

When a woman has an abortion because of the seriousness of the sin she is supposed to be self imposed excommunication, until she repents. I say this to remind others that Father Jenkins will have much to be judge for,for his and those on Notre Dame's leaders acceptance of sin and it's supporters. But that is why the authority of the church needs to step up,we are talking about the salvation of souls.I have a serious problem with the lack of moral courage that is displayed with the authority of the church. This has gone on a very long time. When will the time come for a figure like Saint John the Baptist go and preach the truth of the gospels to those that are leading our youth astray? How often do any preachers,priest speak of sin? They speak of mercy and love but nothing of sin and eternal life. This country's liberals do not fear or respect Christians because they believe we don't show the faithfulness of a Christian life. Like the Notre Dame fiasco,embracing someone who is totally pro-choice and supports infanticide. Too many of the Christian communities support Hollywood with our money by going to their movies and everything that has to do with Hollywood. But Hollywood has for some time now indoctrinated our children a little bit at a time so that nothing that comes across the movie screen or TV seems wrong anymore. Just last week Drew Barrymore blasted anyone who voted against gay marriage. She and her liberal friends in hollywood think of it as hatred on our part and only love of two men who want to be married on their part. When in reality liberals such as herself can't manage to have a relationship longer than a year. It's not that they love gays it's more about being indifferent. And it is not certainly about God's love,it's smoke and mirrors. The authority of the church should not continue to play cat and mouse games anymore or they only risk being even more irrelevant. Each and every Catholic that I know have had their hearts hurt to see so much of their beloved church twisted into something they can't comprehend.