The Carmelites thanked the SSPX for their “paternal understanding and welcome,” after a long battle with the Diocese of Fort Worth and Bishop Michael Olson.
The community had rejected the bishop’s authority, as well as the authority of a superior delegated by the Vatican, to join with the SSPX, whose status is irregular.
The Arlington Carmelites also announced that Mother Teresa Agnes, who had been dismissed as superior of the community by Bishop Olson, had been re-elected for another three-year term.