It is likely that the earlier statement was the work of the Society's competent PR man, James Vogel, and that its replacement comes from the clerical leadership. This response is made all the more striking by the fact that the statement replaces an earlier, much more reasonable-sounding one that was put up and then taken down.
It shows that the decision of the Society is to try to face down their accusers in order to continue with their policy towards sexual abuse. The SSPX statement is intended to rally the supporters of the Society to deny the truth about the SSPX and sexual abuse and to intimidate victims who are thinking of coming forward with their stories. Abbet should not be allowed access to the internet, thus showing that he had gone into the case in detail and intended to remove every hindrance to Fr. He even overrode the tribunal's very sensible ruling that Fr. Abbet should have no contact with children for at least a decade. Bishop Fellay did this despite the order of an internal SSPX tribunal that ruled that Fr. Abbet to a residence next to a boy's school where he committed further crimes. After learning that he had molested boys, Bp. Here the SSPX obstructed efforts of victims to find out about Fr.
The activities of the SSPX in protecting and covering for pedophiles in its midst are clearly documented in legal proceedings. On the contrary, it strives each time, according to the seriousness of the cases, to sanction them and to deal with them, according to the rules of justice, having first of all concern for the victims. However, that does not mean that the Society encourages them, that it protects them, or, even less, that it covers for them. It is a blemish on the Catholic priesthood, on the Church and on the work of Abp. The Society deeply regrets that some of its members may have engaged in serious misconduct and, in the worst cases, criminal or delinquent behavior. The following paragraph, in particular, is a straightforward lie: This is arrogant and dishonest, and fails to address any specific charges. This is arrogant and dishonest, and fails to address any specific charges.Ĭonsider its most recent statement. The statements made by the American district of the SSPX in response to the Church Militant stories have confirmed this to any informed and reflective observer. This is both a culture and what amounts to an official policy of the clerical leadership, although I do not suppose that the policy is written down anywhere. The facts documented and in some cases uncovered by Church Militant have shown that in the SSPX there is a culture of covering up sexual abuse, protecting sexual abusers from the law and providing sexual abusers with opportunity for further abuse. The question of their truth or falsity is quite independent of the question of the nature, extent and causes of sexual abuse in the SSPX, so I will not pursue them further. Lefebvre in order to rule out any claims that my position on sexual abuse in the SSPX is motivated by theological animus against the Society. Indeed I have publicly defended the theological positions of the SSPX in the past I have been a regular attendee at SSPX Masses and two of my daughters were baptized at SSPX chapels. Marcel Lefebvre, I think that he was correct to found the SSPX in order to carry on these positions I think he was correct to persist with the SSPX when Rome tried to suppress it and I think he was correct to consecrate bishops in defiance of the Holy See in order to carry on his religious society.* I will state at the outset that I agree in substance with the doctrinal and liturgical positions of Abp. They demand explanation, and it may be helpful for a person like myself, who has some knowledge of the history of the SSPX and some familiarity with SSPX milieux, to attempt such an explanation.
The episodes that have come to light are horrifying and are documented by unimpeachable evidence - court judgments, credible eye-witness accounts and the statements and documents of the SSPX leadership. Pius (SSPX) have recently been given a certain amount of publicity due to the hard journalistic work of Church Militant's Christine Niles. Stories of sexual abuse and the protection of sexual abusers by the Society of St. You are not signed in as a Premium user we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting.
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