Posted on 12/23/2021 6:58:41 PM PST by marshmallow
In announcing the priest's removal, the Diocese of London, Ontario said the Church respects the medical privacy of individuals and yet the move was obviously vaccine-related.
WINDSOR, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) – A priest in the Diocese of London, Ontario has been removed from active duty due to punitive measures by the diocesan administration relating to his non-compliance with the diocese-wide COVID jab mandate.
The news of Father Tony Del Ciancio being placed on a leave of absence was made known in last weekend’s parish bulletin from Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Windsor, Ontario.
The message, which was written by Father John Comiskey, the diocese’s Moderator of the Curia, stated that “Fr. Tony has been given a leave of absence for failure to produce ‘proof of vaccination’ as outlined in the diocesan ‘COVID-19 Vaccination Policy.’”
In October, Bishop Ronald Fabbro mandated the abortion-tainted COVID inoculation and threatened priests and employees of the diocese if they failed to comply.
“Failure to comply with this policy could result in disciplinary action (which includes being placed on an unpaid leave of absence), up to and including termination of employment for just cause,” he wrote.
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To paraphrase the cigarette ad parody in a Woody Allen movie:
Priest: Get the Covid jab, folks. I got the jab. (Eyes turn upward to the sky and he points upward....)
He got it, too.
It is absurd but these days sadly unsurprising that a priest should be threatened by his bishop for carefully adhering to the Catholic faith. God bless Fr. Comiskey.
“Father Tony Del Ciancio being placed on a leave of absence.”
Proof that priest shortages are artificial and man-made.
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