How not to get ordained!

The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis:

"On June 26, 2009, the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, decreed that Deacon Martin Kelly Shanahan, a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, is dismissed from the clerical state ex officio et in poenam and released from all obligations of the clerical state. This supreme penalty was imposed on Mr. Shanahan after he abandoned the Catholic Church, sought 'priestly ordination' from a female bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Orthodox Church, and then attempted to administer the sacraments (simulation). The same decree indicated that the canonical censures incurred by Mr. Shanahan as a result of his schism remain in force.

The Archdiocese wishes the faithful to be aware that any ‘Mass’ or sacrament administered by Mr. Shanahan, with the exception of baptism, is invalid. The August 2000 declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dominus Iesus, does not apply to Mr. Shanahan’s attempted presbyteral ordination nor does it make any statement regarding the validity of the Orders of the Apostolic Catholic Orthodox Church." (the "church" that covers its doctrinal bets- and is not any of these four words).

Minutes of the Deacon's Council in 2004

"Deacon Shanahan raised the issue of formation of conscience. How do we help people to form their consciences, and even to know what it means to have a well-formed conscience."

Conscience without prudence cannot be Catholic and he has been far from prudent. Thinking with the Church gets one a well-formed conscience- something he has clearly found impossible.