No Speaka Milingo

Archbishop Milingo, having illicitly ordained four bishops, excommunicated himself by that very action, as the Vatican made clear yesterday. Milingo says he "repudiates" the excommunication, which, as a reader of Open Book writes, is a bit like

the time I repudiated the 'D" I got in Physics."

Have you been following this strange case ? In 2001 Archbishop Milingo married a Korean bride in one of Rev. Moon's mass-wedding ceremonies. Then, after meetings with the Vatican, he put aside his bride, apologized, and was reconciled with the Church. Earlier this year he turned up with his Moon-bride again and made common cause with self-styled "Bishop" Stallings, who himself is not only a schismatic, but a decidedly odd duck --and let me just say, not anyone's poster child for marriage. When the Moonies get ahold of you, they really get ahold of you apparently.