Monday, January 30, 2012

Ordinariate Watch: Former Anglo-Catholic priest David Moyer denied ordination in Roman Catholic Church


It’s becoming a pattern:

The former Anglo-Catholic priest of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, Fr. David L. Moyer has been denied his final step into the Roman Catholic Church following 10 years of ecclesiastical wandering that started with The Episcopal Church, migrated through the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Forward in Faith, the Church of the Province of Central Africa, and the Anglican Church in America, a branch of the Traditional Anglican Church.

Moyer said he received a letter from Fr. Jeffrey Steenson, Ordinary for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, informing him that Archbishop Charles Chaput (Philadelphia) has declined to give him his votum (a promise) to proceed toward ordination in the Roman Catholic Church.

Moyer’s history is almost as chequered as that of John Hepworth, the TAC archbishop whose entry into full communion with Rome must come as a layman. In losing his battle with TEC over his parish, he ended up suing his own attorney and leaving a trail of bitter people in the process.

2 comments:

Robert Ian Williams said...

Plus the fact he has no regard for Apostolicae Curae, and continues to pretend to offer Mass.

Sir Loiner said...

I knew Fr Moyer 20 years ago at Good Shep. He was no fan of Apostolicae Curae then. Why do you say he "pretends to offer Mass"