“ In response to Cuomo’s action, Bishop Joseph Strickland, head of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, said, “Andrew Cuomo makes it clear that he doesn’t believe Catholic teaching and therefore he’s ex-communioned. He’s out of communion,” reported LifeSiteNews.
“I think to make it clear, and thankfully some of the bishops in other places have taken steps to basically say that, that a politician or anyone who says, ‘I don’t agree with the Catholic Church on basic critical issues,’ they’re choosing to be out of communion,” said the bishop.”