That Pittsburgh priest excommunicated

The Rev. William Hausen knows just what he’ll do when he gets the letter notifying him of his formal excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church: Frame it.

The Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese announced Thursday that Hausen “has incurred automatic excommunication” by starting a splinter church. The diocese sent Hausen notification of the pronouncement via certified letter, said the Rev. Ronald Lengwin, diocesan spokesman.

Hausen, 66, of Sewickley, said he received notice of a certified letter but didn’t have time to pick it up from the post office; he was going to the Andre Rieu concert last night at Mellon Arena.

God in Heaven

One less Andre Rieu fan in the Roman Catholic priesthood. It’s a sad day.

hat tip Out of this Furnace

I swear, the more I think about that, the more it makes me laugh. No, I can’t go pick up my excommunication letter now, I’ll be late for the Andre Rieu concert… If I wrote it in a satirical novel, wouldn’t you accuse me of being over the top?