The Sons of the Holy Redeemer, a Transalpine Redemptorist community of Catholic traditionalists sparked a major crisis with the Vatican after their superior, 73-year-old Father Michael Mary, was consecrated as a bishop in a four-hour ceremony streamed online on Saturday.
The group own the island of Papa Stronsay, where their Golgotha monastery is located.
The move drew a sharp rebuke from the Diocese of Aberdeen, which has jurisdiction over the Order, who branded the consecration an “act of schism”.
In a pastoral letter to all parishes, the Bishop of Aberdeen, Rt Rev Hugh Gilbert, warned the monks that they were “breaking the unity of the Church” and described the event as “spiritual suicide” for those who take part.
In a fresh statement, Gilbert said the Diocese had completed a “canonical process and pronounced its judgement”.
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