Chatam Sofer on a Rabbi Who Had to be Removed (26 Adar Sheni)

שו"ת חתם סופר חו"מ ה:קס"ד שו"ת חתם סופר השמטות ה:ר"ז 26 Adar Sheni 5597 (1837)

Chatam Sofer had supported revoking a rabbi's ordination because of his brazen ruling on gittin issues, where he had not thought it was enough that the rabbi had made clear that he did not believe in basic Jewish ideas. Two and a half years later, the rabbi came to complain to Chatam Sofer, who explained to a correspondent why he had dismissed all of his concerns.