Recalcitrant priest faces Church sanctions
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Send to friendDisappointed that Father Marek Bozek has refused to return to his home diocese to be reconciled with the Catholic Church, Archbishop Raymond L. Burke said March 5 that he is forced to proceed with the canonical process of dismissing
Father Bozek from the clerical state.
Father Bozek was scheduled to attend a hearing with Archbishop Burke and two canon lawyers assessing the case March 5.
In a press conference just before the meeting, the Polish-born priest announced that he would not attend. Father Bozek was suspended in 2005 after he left the Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., Diocese against the wishes of his bishop to become the pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in North St. Louis, which is no longer a part of the Roman Catholic Church.
For the full story, see the March 7 Review.
The results of the canonical process begun by Archbishop Burke are in a decree published in the March 7 Review.
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