Original sentence: He has been excommunicated because of his episcopal consecration by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, deemed by the Holy See to be "illicit" and "a schismatic act"
Edited sentence: Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, has recently referred to this as a "situation of separation, even if it was not a formal schism.The Holy See, while maintaining his membership of the Roman Catholic Church, claims that he is excommunicated and guilty of a schismatical act