Abp. Weisenburger promoted Fr. Buersmeyer after he suggested the Church could support homosexual ‘marriage’ and defended a priest excommunicated for his role in the ‘ordination’ of a woman.
The Corps of Reserved Priests United for Service closed in December 2024 due to the old age of many of its current members and a lack of new, younger members.
Father Daniel Horan, a professor and Franciscan friar minor, has written numerous columns that break with Church teaching on same-sex 'marriage' and transgenderism, promoted female deacons, and criticized the pro-life movement.
The ultra-liberal Association of US Catholic Priests, which supports ‘women priests’ and homosexuality, said it was told there is no table remaining for it at the US bishops’ National Eucharistic Congress.