Something is really amiss here...

Bishop won't reinstate priest

GALLUP — Apparently the war will continue in the Diocese of Gallup. And like all wars, it looks like everyone will suffer.

It's the frequently discussed, but rarely publicized, legal battle between Bishop Donald E. Pelotte and Father Jerry T. Mesley, the Diocese of Gallup priest who had his priestly faculties removed by the bishop in September 1997 over allegations of misappropriation of funds at St. Jerome Parish in Gallup, which was closed by the diocese in 1996, and Immaculate Conception Parish in Cuba, N.M.

Although documents from the Vatican confirm that Pelotte lost his most recent legal challenge, Pelotte is hardly conceding to Mesley.

Or, apparently, to the Vatican either....in opposition to the decisions of the Vatican's Congregation of the Clergy and the Signatura, this week's chancery's press release states that "Bishop Pelotte will not restore Father Mesley to active ministry as a priest of the Diocese of Gallup."

After all, it's only Rome - we are free and independent here.

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