Blasphemous Bishoprics

Members of the Society of Saint Pius X have been getting themselves up in fancy dress and indulging in a ritual-filled ceremony, which sounds nearly as redundant as being strong in the Lord and the power of His might. Since the ceremony included the unlicensed ordination of bishops, the participants are automatically excommunicated despite the Society's extensive and friendly associations with fascists and Holocaust deniers. It has long been known that the Christian clergy have trouble keeping their hands to themselves; but while the Church of Rome's attitude to picking the taxpayer's pocket or sexually abusing a dupe has generally been tolerant, using hands alongside the magic words is a very different matter.