There is allegedly “much misunderstanding” about the eviction of the Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) from Dijon, France, Archbishop Roland Minnerath has claimed hiding behind an anonymous June 8 statement published on Diocese-Dijon.com.
However, Minnerath has unequivocally ordered that that all the manyfold activities of the Fraternity such as catechesis, patronage, scouting and other apostolic work be terminated. What has been built up in decades will be reduced to a mere Mass schedule. The currently over 300 faithful are told to go for all the rest… to their [decadent] Novus Ordo parishes.
The statement announces that neo-conservative Father Christian Baud and other diocesan priests will continue to celebrate the Old Rite liturgy in Dijon. Baud is the parish-priest of Semur-en-Auxois, which is 15 km away from Flavigny-sur-Ozerain where there is an Old-Rite Benedictine Monastery and the neoconservative International Seminary of Ars.
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