Priest sent for psychological treatment after celebrating the Mass in Latin

Thursday, August 26th, 2021

Fr. Sixto Eduardo Varela Santamaría to be suspended from all ministries for six months, and will be sent to a psychological treatment clinic for celebrating in Latin the Mass from the Missal of Pope Paul VI, also known as the Ordinary Form or “Novus Ordo.”

Santamaría says that he has temporarily been sent to his sister’s home and that the diocese will send him to a retreat house/clinic that will provide him, “spiritual, psychological and medical attention, at least according to the website of this place.” Read mor

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