[mas cerveza por favor]

I am only defending the diocese’s actions, against the inference that there must be some terrible cover-up for the diocese to have treated Fr. Haley so harshly

If there is no cover-up, why does Bishop Loverde suppress the details of the excommunication and the supposed evidence against Fr. Haley? Is it standard practice to excommunicate a priest in secret? There is certainly a cover-up in this regard.

[dangus]

>> If there is no cover-up, why does Bishop Loverde suppress the details of the excommunication and the supposed evidence against Fr. Haley? Is it standard practice to excommunicate a priest in secret? <<

It’s not CERTAIN that an excommunication has taken place. If Haley appealed his excommunication to the Vatican, which he must do according to the canon law I posted, that would explain the Vatican’s involvement. But, of the very many excommunications I’ve heard of, very few were public.