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Article: Former Corpus Christi leaders reject schism.(father who was transferred continues to give communions and may hold mass)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 26, 1999
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Rejecting suggestions that they've triggered a schism and excommunication, leaders of the approximately 1,000 former members of Corpus Christi Parish in Rochester, N.Y., who've been holding their own services in a nearby church building, say they intend to "stay Catholic."
"We're looking at a Catholic church in parallel, in exile from the church. We're hoping that in 10 years, 20 years from now, we'll be back," said Fr. Jim Callan, the former pastor suspended by Bishop Matthew Clark.
Callan and Mary Ramerman, another former administrator at Corpus Christi, spoke at a Call To Action ecumenical conference here March 6. Held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral ...