Last night, my wife and I attended St. Bede’s for mass, but Fr. Treco was not presiding, nor anywhere to be seen. Instead, a diocesan priest was presiding. At the end of the mass, the priest made an announcement, indicating that as of yesterday, Fr. Treco had been relieved of his duties as pastor of St. Bede’s, with the diocesan priest being appointed the interim pastor. We were told that Fr. Treco had been removed because of the sermon he made on The Feast of Christ the King (ordinary time) on November 25 of last year. This sermon was published by The Remnant Video on YouTube, which can be found here: VATICAN REVOLUTION: Diocesan Priest’s Had EnoughI went to the video, but the controversial part has apparently been removed. The post linked above says the very small St Bede's mission is all on Fr Treco's side. However, I've already expressed concerns about Fr Treco's formation here, and beyond that, I've got to say a convert -- I'm one, too, after all -- isn't in a good position telling the Church it's doing things wrong.We were told that Fr. Treco was visited by Bp. Lopes, who essentially provided Fr Treco with the option of renouncing what he had said in the sermon (which Fr. Treco declined), or that he be removed as pastor, wherein he would have to take… wait for it…. further education classes so that he could better understand the post-conciliar church.
But isn't this effectively an acknowledgement by Bp Lopes that OCSP priests aren't well formed? It's also worth noting that apparently Msgr Steenson, who moved to the Twin Cities area after retiring as ordinary, has never been associated with the St Bede's group.
UPDATE: A visitor referred me to a new comment on the site linked above, which says, "The priest celebrating Mass and who was appointed parochial administrator pro tempore is not a diocesan priest. It is Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, Ordinary Emeritus of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. He resides here teaching at St. Paul Seminary and as such was available to take this position."
