Fr. Pavone Appeals Suspension

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, says he has begun the process of appealing his suspension from active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo.

In a letter to the United States bishops, Fr. Pavone denied charges made by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek of Amarillo-whose jurisdiction he is under-that he had disobeyed the bishop and had failed to allow the Priests for Life to undergo auditing.

Bishop Zurek announced in a Sept. 9 letter to his fellow bishops that he had suspended Fr. Pavone from public ministry outside the diocese, beginning Sept. 13.

The bishop cited "deep concerns regarding his stewardship of the finances of the Priests for Life (PFL) organization." The 990 Forms submitted to the IRS from 2008, the most recent date available, show Priests for Life had income totaling $10.8 million." -Read More...

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