Since the Vatican and the USCCB officially announced the dismissal of Bishop Joseph Strickland from his position as head of the Diocese of Tyler, TX last Saturday, Catholics in the U.S. have been trying to make sense of the extreme measure.
Neither the Vatican nor an official statement from Cardinal Daniel DiNardo gave any justification.
Apostolic visitations of bishops (like the one the Vatican recently ordered in Tyler) and bishop removals are not frequent occurrences in the Church. They are not unheard of, however, and have become more common since Pope Francis approved the Motu Proprio “ Vos Estis Lux Mundi ” (“You are the Light of the World”) to streamline evaluations and punishments of bishops who have mishandled cases of sexual abuse in their dioceses.
Four U.S. bishops have resigned or been barred from ministry since the release of Vos Estis : Bishop Richard Frank Stika of Knoxville, TN, Bishop Michael […]
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