Here is the Fr. Z ordination story - it really is a scandal:

Formerly a Lutheran, he says his conversion to Catholicism was set into motion after hearing a piece of sacred polyphony on the radio. He felt called to serve as a priest and eventually was ordained a priest in Rome by Pope John Paul II on May 26, 1991.

He got sponsored in Rome and the bishop of the Italian Diocese of Velletri-Segni - note how this skipped over any typical process of formation, input from seminary staff, etc.  He has never completed his MA/PhD degree - says that his current radio/internet work leaves him no time.  Pushback has led his current sponsor, Diocese of Madison, WI to assign him to parish work (at least some of the time).  Madison bishop is the ultra right wing, Morlino.

http://novusordowatch.org/2014/01/sad-case-zuhlsdorf/