[N.B. This is a repost, for full disclosure, just in case anyone missed it. Sometimes people wonder how I get away with saying what I say on the blog. Could it be that I'm already under Vatican Interdict? The original post follows:]
Did you ever wonder why I’m a hermit, I mean, really why?
Is the Holy See taking a peek to see how things are going? This is humorous!
I mean, it had to happen. The Holy See just had to step in and put me under interdict. The Latin used in the decree lacks the style of the high Renaissance. I guess they want to make things easier to read. I say “Holy See,” but, to be more precise, this document eminates from the corner of Campo dei Fiori, where Father Giordano Bruno, O.P., was burned to death. This all took place while I was still teaching at the Pontifical Seminary Josephinum up in Columbus, Ohio, just before I became a hermit. I’m only admitting to it now. I’m becoming quite proud of this; it’s kind of a feather in the cap sort of thing.
But really, could it have been that I was a heretic regarding the doctrine or morality of the Church? Had I been stomping on the prudential wisdom of the Church, of our Lord? Have I not been a faithful son of the Church, indeed, of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI? What terrible thing could have such a decree issued against me, simple priest that I am? Read on:
Attenta proditione strepitenti contra aedem propriam necnon contra facultatem alumnosque theologiae apud Pontificium Collegium Iosephinum in Statibus Foederatis Americae Borealis;
Attento quod gravis culpa huiusmodi suscitare debet ut poena interdicti personali reo plectetur;
Praehabitis quoque omnibus adiunctis in causa;
Omnibus iure habentibus apud supradictam domum interpellatis;
Rev.dus Pater Georgius David BYERS ex Congregatione Presbyterorum a Misericordia declaratur subesse interdicto personali in aedem lato, et ad mentem: scilicet, sub conditione, ut Rev.dus Pater, ante certamen lusorium[!], clare ac publice suam fidelitatem erga suos turmales aedis se aut pronuntiet aut demonstret.
But I will never repent of this, not ever! My faithfulness to some is not compromised by my faithfulness to others. Whatever happened to ecumenism in the Holy See? Have we all become so conservative all at once? What can I do except, at this point, quote Martin Luther:
Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders!
One day, I will be vindicated. One day, the truth will win out. I can only repeat what Father Savonarola, O.P., said to his fellow Dominicans just before they burned him at the stake, they wanting to excommunicate him even from heaven… He said: “Non tocca a te!” (You don’t have the capacity to do that).
So, there. I said it.
Having said that, I have my misgivings. Perhaps there is still a chance to repent. Being burned at the stake is not a pleasant experience. In the coming months, I’ll be writing more about this, please God.
There is, by the way, oh dear reader, a humorous aspect to all this, I promise. There. That’s twice I said it (besides the tag: humor). Don’t condemn me until you know, as Paul Harvey was wont to say, the rest of the story.
UPDATE: By the time I write this update, many other posts about this interdict have been written. To see the list of posts, click on the category INTERDICT!
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
Fr. George, my prayers are with you in all this. Our Lord knows us all in and out, and He judges justly.
I guess this is the danger of all this humor! Please click on the category INTERDICT at the bottom of the post for the rest of the story. Haha! LOL.
As a new reader I was going to ask you is this a joke in all seriousness . After a little reading I see it is. How funny.
I hope I got to the bottom of this story
Do i find it more of a joke? The game in question is new to me, and there is a lot of Latin phrases. Bad for me 
Still praying for you Father that you will be out of any for of interdict 
There is a post later in the INTERDICT series with a translation. Keep reading.
The point is a serious one, actually. As soon as we hear that someone is being punished in some way, we tend to automatically think of the person as guilty of whatever is charged. But that is not always the case.
A deadly serious application, for instance, would be when a diocese makes a quicky settlement without lawyers regarding an alledged case of abuse. The priest has no due process to defend himself. This decision stacks the jury of a civil court as well. The bishop saves lawyer’s fees, but has possibly slit the throat of an innocent priest to do so. Go to the About page of http://www.thesestonewalls.com for an example of how horrific all this can become. Also see the post “When Bishop takes Pawn” over on http://araminthethicket.blogspot.com . Yikes!
Recently, after reading the Bp. Fellay interview this week, I remarked on another blog:
Lefebvres, 6 – Benedicts, 1 — count the references sports fans.
Although, I didn’t specifically indicate which team I’m rooting for, as a member of the common priesthood, might I also now be open for Vatican Interdict?
Yes, I often wonder why you’re a hermit, or at least wonder, that I may not be much less of a hermit than you.
I don’t think you’ll be burned at the stake anytime soon either, Dismas, unless this is done by a nefarious government inquisition because you’re Catholic!
Maybe that “vatileaks” didn’t reaveal a tenth of the “disorder” in the Vatican! How did they forget to tell the local ordinary there, who apparently lets you reserve the Blessed Sacrament, lets you concelebrate with him, and gives you holy oils, of your being under “canonical censure” for having opposed the theologians of the Pontifical Seminary Josephinum, whom you had a grave duty to root for in a sporting event?
Well, in that case; GO TEAM BENEDICT!
V. Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Benedicto Decimo Sexto.
R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.
V. Let us pray for Benedict XVI, the Pope.
R. May the Lord preserve him, give him a long life, make him blessed upon the earth, and may the Lord not hand him over to the power of his enemies.
Dont worry be happy! Be not afraid. God be with you as I beleive He is.