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Archbishop blasts Ferndale priest’s leading of liberal Mass
2:51 PM, Jun. 12, 2011 | 207 Comments
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
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Fr. Robert Wurm, a senior priest with the Archdiocese of Detroit, blesses attendees during the liturgy celebrated at the American Catholic Council gathering at Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich., Sunday, June 12, 2011. To his left is John Hushon of Naples, Florida. / SUSAN TUSA\Detroit Free Press
The top Catholic leader in Michigan slammed a big liberal Mass today in Detroit, saying it had significant abuses and he ordered a review of a Ferndale priest who led the services before 1,500 Catholics, a church spokesman said.
Defying Archbishop of Detroit Allen Vigneron, a Catholic priest from Ferndale led a Mass today in Cobo Center that was organized by the American Catholic Council, a controversial umberalla group of liberal Catholics. And dozens of Catholic priests and deacons from metro Detroit attended the Mass, said organizers.
Rev. Bob Wurm, 78, a retired Catholic priest, presided over the Mass and Eucharistic prayer to some 1,500 assembled inside Cobo Center today. He and others participated despite a strict order from Archbiship Allen Vigneron for priests and deacons to not take part in today’s Mass because it was led by groups considered heretical by the Catholic Church and could violate Church law. Vigneron warned in a letter that clergy could be punished and defrocked for participating in the Mass.
freep.com/article/20110612/NEWS05/110612013/Archbishop-blasts-Ferndale-priest-s-leading-liberal-Mass
2:51 PM, Jun. 12, 2011 | 207 Comments
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
FILED UNDER
Local News
Metro Detroit
ZOOM
Fr. Robert Wurm, a senior priest with the Archdiocese of Detroit, blesses attendees during the liturgy celebrated at the American Catholic Council gathering at Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich., Sunday, June 12, 2011. To his left is John Hushon of Naples, Florida. / SUSAN TUSA\Detroit Free Press
The top Catholic leader in Michigan slammed a big liberal Mass today in Detroit, saying it had significant abuses and he ordered a review of a Ferndale priest who led the services before 1,500 Catholics, a church spokesman said.
Defying Archbishop of Detroit Allen Vigneron, a Catholic priest from Ferndale led a Mass today in Cobo Center that was organized by the American Catholic Council, a controversial umberalla group of liberal Catholics. And dozens of Catholic priests and deacons from metro Detroit attended the Mass, said organizers.
Rev. Bob Wurm, 78, a retired Catholic priest, presided over the Mass and Eucharistic prayer to some 1,500 assembled inside Cobo Center today. He and others participated despite a strict order from Archbiship Allen Vigneron for priests and deacons to not take part in today’s Mass because it was led by groups considered heretical by the Catholic Church and could violate Church law. Vigneron warned in a letter that clergy could be punished and defrocked for participating in the Mass.
freep.com/article/20110612/NEWS05/110612013/Archbishop-blasts-Ferndale-priest-s-leading-liberal-Mass