[Venturer]

Where are the catholic Bishops and why havent they removed jenkins.

[ArrogantBustard]

Where are the catholic Bishops and why havent they removed jenkins.

No Catholic Bishop has the authority to remove jenkins.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I think you must have missed out on this on different threads. (Will try to find them and ping.)

Basically, the Bishops have no direct authority over ND or Fr. Jenkins. ND is a separately-incorporated entity answerable to its Board of Trustees, who are answerable to nobody but themselves; Fr. Jenkins is not answerable to the Bishop of South Bend, but to his CSC Superior in Rome, who's not going to budge one iota unless there's an indictable felony or a canonical delict.

OK, here's some of the links I was looking for: especially #62 and also #68.

I know, I know, and I agree: sickening.

[topher]

The Notre Dame Board of Trustees have jurisdiction here.

There is one part of Cannon Law that may apply to Father Jenkins. If he is considered the pastor of Notre Dame University, Bishops cannot interfere with pastors.

But Father Jenkins has taken the oath of obedience. So if the Bishops demanded his resignation, along with the head of his order, he would be forced to resign.

But someone with more knowledge than myself would have to look into this.