If you ask parishioners of Holy Communion Church, "they will say they are Roman Catholic," says their pastor, James Radloff, whose 2014 suspension from priestly ministry sparked the split from the local Catholic parish.
Parish leaders and ministers at Holy Redeemer Parish in La Pine, Oregon, and Holy Trinity Mission in Sunriver who do not sign a statement explicitly pledging to "not attend worship services" or or socialize at Holy Communion Evangelical Catholic Church in Bend are to be removed from ministry.
Baker, Ore., Bishop Liam Cary on March 10 posted an open letter on the diocesan website exhorting "faithful Catholics" to "take no part" in sacramental rites involving the Rev.
