Church Militant reports there is a state wide probe in Kansas, USA, for pedophilia, involving as many as eight priests of the SSPX. For instance, it alleged that U.S. District Superior Fr. Then, Church Militant released a mini-documentary reporting on alleged serious cases of sexual abuse from SSPX priests and subsequent attempts at coverup on the part of the parent organization. While the SSPX says it stands by the victims, Church Militant ACTS in support of the victims. Had Church Militant included this vital objective observation, along with a balancing reminder that the greater majority of SSPX priests are good and holy priests, then I might have been inclined to believe that the intention is to serve some form of natural justice.
Plus Church Militant has been going down hill the past 12-18 months anyways.
Jurgen Wegner is scheduled to be Whether or not these allegations have substance is not yet clear at the time this article’s posting, but the firefights now raging in response to the Church Militant’s SSPX video are intense and brutal. Instead, Church Militant repeatedly relies on hearsay, conjecture, and factual misstatements to paint the SSPX in a false light. Strangely, the pedophilia and the fascination with Adolf Hitler has association in this case, in a manner similar to the St. Gallen Mafia and the Rampolla Faction in the Church. 22, we reported on a Church Militant investigative piece about the Society of St. Pius X and sexual abuse.
As some will know I am not a believer but fascinated by the phenomenon of belief. Denounces “slanderous piece of yellow journalism”… SSPX responds to Church Militant Report on Sexual Abuse [UPDATE 24-APR-2020 03:00 UTC: Church Militant‘s Response to SSPX]Yesterday, Apr. In response to my observation, Niles contacted the FSSP and updated Church Militant’s “SSPX Defends Sexual Predator” article to include: “Although the 2012 lawsuit by Nysewander names the FSSP as a defendant, the court SSPX Response Speaking of Church Militant’s methodology, we must draw attention to this sentence: "SSPX priest Nicholas Stamos informed me by phone on July 18 that McLucas is still participating in the organization's work." I am Eastern Orthodox but I appreciate what the SSPX stands for, and it is encouraging that they are taking these accusations seriously and can refute them. Jurgen Wegner is scheduled to be transferred to Austria later this year “far from the reach of criminal prosecutors[. Actions speak louder than words. Today I have been … I appreciate the courtesy and charity of others here in putting up with me. Church Militant has offered a detailed response to the July 24 SSPX statement accusing us of slander and dishonesty. Church Militant kept writing about it (read all its coverage here), and SSPX answered some of their charges, but I lost track of the back and forth. ]” Instead, Church Militant repeatedly relies on hearsay, conjecture, and factual misstatements to paint the SSPX in a false light.
The report (the transcript of which has been taken offline by CM, see PDF here) was extensive but, sadly, full of editorializing comments. Honestly, I was out of my mind when reading this under Fr. Good. I have for a long time been interested in the vehemence with which the SSPX promotes its views and have looked on with wonder as Church Militant pursues its own extraordinary course towards I know not what.