Posted on 03/09/2022 6:44:58 PM PST by marshmallow
In a letter to parishioners of Holy Family Parish in Springfield, Vermont, Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington announced that their pastor is being removed from his position over his continued refusal to be tested regularly for COVID-19 and to wear a mask while ministering, as the bishop had directed.
The bishop also noted that he has invited Father Peter Williams to reside with him, so they "can pray, dialogue and worship together to hopefully change the bad opinion he has of me as his bishop."
“After an extensive process and much prayer, it is with great sadness that I announce the decision to remove Father Peter Williams as pastor of Holy Family Parish for his serious disobedience and disrespect shown to the office of the bishop,” Coyne wrote in a Mar. 8 letter to parishioners.
The “disobedience and disrespect” that Coyne is referring to is Williams’ written refusal to wear a mask and be tested regularly for COVID-19, per his unvaccinated status.
“May I point out that this is about the promise Father Williams freely made to respect and obey the bishop and his successors when he was ordained to serve the Church in Vermont as a co-worker with the bishop,” Coyne wrote.
Coyne said that a “great deal of misinformation has been spread” and has caused division within the parish and has impacted Williams’ ability to minister to “all parishioners.”
CNA contacted Williams for a comment but received no response by time of publication.
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Father is a normal priest. He can find work anywhere. His heart breaks because he loves his parish in VT. Stupid bishops are stuck in sin and cowardice.
The wolves no longer waste time putting on sheep pelts.
I know this priest, he is a good man
The bishop needs to be reminded fear is a sin
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“Williams’ ability to minister to “all parishioners.””
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This is a false and misleading statement.
Pastors sre already being placed in a situatiion in which “minustering to all parishioners” is impossible.
Bishops like this are gleefully using the excuse of COVID-19 to advance the Modernist heresy/agenda, thus turning the screws on all authentic Catholics in their diocese.
Im the eyes of his “rigid” and “cleticalist” bishop, this pastor “chose poorly” and therefore merits elimination.
“RCINC courting favor with the State to mitigate the next round of pedo priest court cases.”
Have to disagree. Think it’s just another low information, worldly, state Bishop dominated by false narratives. Stooges of Big Pharma, media, globalist government. Can’t speak about specific, individual Bishops for the most part but there’s such a sissified, pansy, dare I say it, gay undertone to so much of what so many Church leaders say, with their endless calls for “dialogue”. Old missionaries preached repentance, conversion, and despising the false maxims of a corrupt world. Whatever happened to being a soldier of Christ, to being manly? Need a Joan of Arc to encourage the Bishops to grow a spine and a Catherine of Siena to encourage the Pope to grow one.
Don’t be a fool
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