Thieberville Revolt Against the Modernists Continues

Editor: You'll remember the situation the village of Thieberville in Evreux, France, where a courageous people circle around their beloved shepherd against a clerical wolf who arrives to confront them in a rainbow chasuble. Their struggle was even covered favorably by the Economist. Well, now they're being threatened with interdict. Probably not a bad idea at this point for them to approach the SSPX.



Agence France-Presse
Posted at 03/02/2011 8:10 PM
Updated as of 03/02/2011 8:10 PM

EVREUX, France - A rural French priest and his flock are facing excommunication after the Vatican became involved in his two-year battle to remain in the parish, the local bishop told AFP on Wednesday.

Father Francis Michel, 62, has been the priest in Normandy's Thiberville in north-western France for 24 years. The priest, who often says mass in Latin, has the support of his parishioners and local officials, mayor Guy Paris said.

The simmering conflict between the priest and the archbishopric came to a head after the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in December rejected Michel's appeal against an order he go to another parish. \

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H/t: secretman at AQ