Australian priest had continued to act publicly as a priest after having priestly facilities removed. An Australian priest who supports the ordination of women has been excommunicated by Pope Francis.
In the first such excommunication since the new pontiff took office
Fr Greg Reynolds was dismissed in a letter from the Archbishop of
Melbourne Denis Hart, which stated that “the decision by Pope Francis to
dismiss Fr Reynolds from the clerical state and to declare his
automatic excommunication has been made because of his public teaching
on the ordination of women contrary to the teaching of the Church and
his public celebration of the Eucharist when he did not hold faculties
to act publicly as a priest.”http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/09/27/pope-francis-excommunicates-australian-priest/