[Westbrook]

> He was excommunicated for refusing to submit to
> ecclesiastical authority.

With all due respect, I submit that this is a more vague reason than the ones I mentioned.

If I remember correctly, Fr. Feeney challenged the authority of a Pope who would not excommunicate people like Pelosi and Kennedy, who promote ideas hostile to Church teachings.

And, if I remember correctly, he also insisted that the Latin Mass was the only valid Mass.

Now, this was a long time ago, when I was a youngster, and I haven't done any recent research on Fr. Feeney.

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[stentorian conservative]

I agree with the vague nature. What I should have said was "somewhat misleading."

As I understand it, Feeney was excommunicated for teaching HIS OWN interpretations.

Your post seemed, to me at least, to give the impression that he was excommunicated for his desire to have the Pelosi's and Kennedy's of the church excommunicated. If everyone who thought that were kicked out, we'd have empty pews at Mass.