He was in fact excommunicated in 2008.
KSN News reached out to a number of people in the local Catholic community to try and get some type of comment about this story. But numerous requests were denied. The issue of women becoming priests we were told is just too controversial.
It is very hard to believe that they couldn't find anyone in the Wichita diocese to defend Christian teaching.
I couldn’t help it, had to jump in the water:
A few thoughts: Father was excommunicated in 2008. Not mentioned in your story. The Church promulgated an infallible teaching on the subject of exactly why the Catholic Church cannot ordain women as priests, in 1994. Likewise not mentioned. Father had been given a chance to recant. That is the proper word. Merriam-Webster defines as “to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly.” Father is in error, and must recant as part of a return to grace. Or he can remain outside the Church, where he is now. But he cannot perform those sacramental duties intrinsic to being a Roman Catholic priest, as a direct result of his inability to follow his vow of obedience. Please, do some research when reporting. A better headline here might have been “Former priest rejects 2000 Years of God’s Law For His Own.”