However , he fell afoul of a dispute between his parishioners over which independent Catholic church the parish would affiliate itself with , and left in 1896 .
For this he was excommunicated by the bishop of Buffalo , Stephen V. Ryan .
He fell afoul of a dispute between his parishioners over which independent Catholic church the parish would affiliate itself with , and left in 1896 .
For this he was excommunicated by the bishop of Buffalo , Stephen V. Ryan .