From St. Louis’ FOX Affiliate KTVI: Controversial St. Stanislaus Pastor Marek Bozek Dismissed From Priesthood

Pope Benedict XVI has dismissed Marek Bozek from the clerical state. Therefore, he may no longer function as a priest, with the exception of offering absolution to the dying. The dismissal from the clerical state focuses solely on Bozek, and does not address the status of the St. Stanislaus Kostka Corporation…

As I had noted over multiple posts, the Rev. Bozek took his parish off the deep end, and as far from Catholicism as possible (excepting certain externals). I had initially hoped that the parish would look to the PNCC as its model. Unfortunately, they decided to retain all the extravagances so much a part of Rome’s Novus Ordo Ameri-church. Eucharistic ministers, communion in the hand, etc, would have made for a very poor fit with the PNCC. Those extravagances coupled with the Rev. Bozek’s liberal views will soon have St. Stans in the hands of the vagante’s (or as some parishioners hope — and what would likely be best — back under Rome).

The parishioner’s initial understanding of responsibilities was correct: lay control over the parish’s assets and a democratic lay structure, which were provided to them in response to the PNCC’s growth in St. Louis, and adherence to the Catholic faith. With that they would have been able to recognize themselves in the mirror. As it is, they and their ancestors (if they exist) will never know who their grandparents were, nor what they represented. In attempting to save their way of life they destroyed it — regardless of how things turn out.