Cardinal Re tells Abp. Milingo that he has until Oct. 15th to leave "wife" ... or else

From Ed Peters, more on the possible penalties that Abp. Milingo could soon be facing:

"According to press reports, Cdl. Battista Re of the Congregation for Bishops has sent Abp. Emmanuel Milingo a letter warning him to leave his civil law wife by Oct 15, or "face canonical suspension." What's a bit odd is that, by 1983 CIC 1394, Milingo should already be suspended automatically (latae sententiae) for that offense."

[So could Cardinal Re be preparing to excommunicate Abp. Milingo or even dismiss him from the clerical state?]

Abp. John Myers of Newark has recently said, "I can only pray that Archbishop Milingo will soon rediscover the core of his own priestly promise of celibacy, and work then to undo the confusion and sorrow he is causing with his current actions." [More...]

Rocco Palmo also fills us in on Milingo's reaction to Cardinal Re's letter:

[Cardinal Re:] "Your behavior, activities and public statements during these past few months are completely contrary to the obligation of every bishop," Re wrote in the letter, a copy of which was shown to The Associated Press. "In the name of Jesus Christ, I beg you to reflect seriously on your behavior and all its consequences."

Milingo, the retired archbishop of Zambia, was in New Jersey with is wife, Maria, for a conference of priests and their wives organized by his new advocacy group, Married Priests Now!. Asked how he would respond to the Vatican, he said, "I will stay with them" - meaning married priests. [More...]

Can anyone dispute that Milingo is utterly obstinant in his error?

The Ides of October fast approach...