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: Recently Cardinal Hoyos, head of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, has referred to this as a "situation of separation, even if it was not a formal schism.Tissier de Mallerais is a member of the Roman Catholic Church; the Holy See claims that he is excommunicated and guilty of a schismatical act