Has this man been formally disciplined by the Church?
No. He is one of many priests, prominent and not-so-prominent, who have spent decades spewing hatred for the Catholic Church with not a scintilla of a response from the local bishop(s) or Rome. McBrien is one of those who has been a cheerleader for Mario Cuomo, Ted Kennedy, etc., and never had a bad word for an abortionist or a kind word for a pro-lifer, yet has managed never to come right out and say, “Abortion is a good thing.” He knows that as long as he doesn’t cross that one line, no bishop and no Pope will ever lift a finger.