Pressure Put on the Sons of Mary

Several religious authorities are presently putting pressure on the Sons of Mary. In the preceding section, you could read the letter Archbishop Terrence Prendergast sent to Father Denis Laprise, as well as Father Denis’ reply and the letters sent to the Pontifical Commissioner by lay persons involved in that situation.
For his part, Father Eric Roy, Superior General of the Sons of Mary, received a letter, dated July 15, from Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, Bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville in Jamaica where he is incardinated. This was the first time this bishop communicated with Father Eric. In his letter, he revoked Father Eric’s “faculties to hear confessions” and called him back to the diocese.
Bishop Bennett’s letter follows, as well as Father Eric Roy’s reply.

Letter from His Excellency Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, S.J.
to Father Eric Roy, O.FF.M.
(July 15, 2006)

 

Father Eric Roy’s Reply
to His Excellency Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, S.J.
(August 7, 2006)

 

 

On July 19, the Archbishop of L’Aquila, His Exc. Most Rev. Joseph Molinari, wrote to Father Serge Chamberland who is incardinated in this Italian diocese. The Archbishop informed him that his faculties had been withdrawn “in particular with regard to hearing confessions”, and he indicated the steps Father Chamberland would need to take to recover the faculties allowing him to exercise his priestly ministry.
We are reproducing the translation of Archbishop Molinari’s letter (original in Italian), along with the replies by the Sons of Mary.

– Sylvie Payeur-Raynauld

 

His Exc. Archbishop Mario Peressin	His Exc. Archbishop Joseph Molinari	His Exc. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J.

 

His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Molinari’s Letter
to Father Serge Chamberland, O.FF.M.
(July 19, 2006)

 

Replies of Father Serge Chamberland
and Father Éric Roy;
Letter by Father Pierre Mastropietro
to His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Molinari

 

Father Stéphane Bouchet, from France, also received a letter from the Bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville in Jamaica where he is incardinated.

 

Deacon Dennis Hendriks’ Letter
to Father Stéphane Bouchet, O.FF.M.
and
Father Stéphane Bouchet’s Reply
to His Exc. Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, S.J.