You should have the courtesy to talk to your priest before doing anything. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? You are judging him without even hearing his story.
Laudatur Iesus Christus.
This seems to me to be both a matter of courtesy and of divine command. The document referenced earlier,
Redemptionis Sacramentum, states both that it is the “right of all of Christ’s faithful that the Liturgy, and in particular the celebration of Holy Mass, should truly be as the Church wishes,” (Ibid., 12) , and that correction of every distortion of the Liturgy is “a most serious duty incumbent upon each and every one, and all are bound to carry it out without any favouritism,” (Ibid, 183). This seems to indicate that an offense against the proper form of the Liturgy is an offense against each member of the faithful. As such, one must recall the Lord’s commands set out in the Gospel of St. Matthew:
"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. (Matthew (RSV) 18:15-17).
This suggests that one should personally approach the offending priest in the spirit of two friends seeking to reconcile and honor the will of Christ expressed through His Church in the Liturgy. If this one-on-one meeting (or series of meetings, so long as progress is being made) is unsuccessful, one should take one or two others to meet with the priest to try and come to loving and brotherly unity on the issue.
Only after these attempts at personal reconciliation and assisted and mediated reconciliation fail should one turn to the Church in a formal manner.
I suggest that the progress of all meetings be documented by confirming letters, clearly stating and demonstrating one’s desire to reach a friendly reconciliation, stating the points at issue and one’s basis for taking offense, and making clear the effort to work together as brothers in the difficulty. If the matter must ultimately be referred to the Church, copies of these letters will make clear that efforts at brotherly resolution of the problem have been attempted.
Once one has reached the point of taking the matter to the “Church,” one’s course depends on who has been involved with the matter up to that point. If the priest is not the pastor, then taking the matter to his Pastor would be a reasonable way to bring the matter to the Church – of course, if the Pastor is one of the “one or two others” that have tried to help already, the next step might be to go to the Dean of the area or to the Bishop himself.
For helpful advice on formal procedures, once the matter must be “taken to the Church,” the document on the website of Catholics United for the Faith, called “
Effective Lay Witness Protocol,” may be helpful.
Priests are often difficult to approach. However, the statements in *Redemptionis Sacramentum *make it a mater of duty in upholding the Faith that one make the effort. Of course, the real challenge is to do this confidently and in an authentic spirit of love for the priest himself as a brother (even when he is acting badly); as *Redemptionis Sacramentum *puts it, “This is naturally to be done in truth and charity,” (Ibid., 184).
May you succeed in gaining your brother and in upholding the dignity of the sacred Liturgy. May the Lord give you courage in this matter, keep you free of anxiety, and keep you within the bounds of authentic love.
Pax Christi tecum.
John Hiner
). I have prepared notes with quotes from applicable Church documents. I also wrote a few paragraphs of introduction to explain why this (and the other topics I plan on bringing up and the ones that can wait longer) are important. Applicable to this situation is 
that is important … but we had a priest a few years back that occassionally used one of the Eucharistic prayers at the “Family” friendly Mass … you would not find it in the missal but it is an official and proper Eucharistic Prayer …
my opinion …
) a meeting would be best (ask to setup an appointment to talk to him). In my case, I have heard what path he took from others who have talked to him, so I know how I need to direct my thought process.