{"id":7334,"date":"2004-05-06T23:48:51","date_gmt":"2004-05-06T23:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/outta_here.html"},"modified":"2004-05-06T23:48:51","modified_gmt":"2004-05-06T23:48:51","slug":"outta_here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/outta_here.html","title":{"rendered":"Outta Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

That Pittsburgh priest excommunicated<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God in Heaven<\/p>\n

One less Andre Rieu fan in the Roman Catholic priesthood. It’s a sad day.<\/p>\n

hat tip Out of this Furnace<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I swear, the more I think about that, the more it makes me laugh. No, I can’t<\/u> go pick up my excommunication letter now, I’ll be late for the Andre Rieu concert…<\/em> If I wrote it in a satirical novel, wouldn’t you accuse me of being over the top?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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