If a priest approaches me and asks if I am known by a certain name on internet forums- with the intention of threatening me or throwing me out, and I tell him that he must be mistaken-can I then be forgiven by a pro-resistance priest for the lie? Would he give me absolution or make me go confess to the first one?  Cowardly-definitely. But how bad of a sin would it be?

Because if I get thrown out my whole family would probably not be able to attend either. Their salvation may depend on the sacraments. There is nowhere else to attend within a reasonable distance. I have not posted anything untrue or calumny. I don't think it is a sin to disagree with the things that have been done. I however do not think the priest would want to hear my side.

Carry a tape recorder in your pocket when he asks you tht question.

But is it a worse sin than lying to anyone else, because he is a priest? And also could I receive absolution?  Or would it be unabsolvable because of premeditation?
Or would a pro-resistance priest tell me I had to go confess my lie to him anyway?I am pretty sure he will be coming my way soon. In one way I feel like a hypocrite because others have spoken out regardless of punishment. But on the other hand, I feel like I should not put my head (and my family's) on the chopping block just so they can use it to terrorize others into silence.

  Lying to anyone is never good.  

I say go to confession and pray before the priest asks you that question.

I should think that you have a right to not answer the question and politely excuse yourself and or   respond to his question with a question like "Father, what is your pseudo name on the internet? and which forums do you frequent."

I do like the suggestion of carrying a tape recorder in your pocket so you can tape the conversation.  

Also, it would be the sin of the priest for even asking because "provoking and instigating is accomplice to sin of the heirarchy."

Also, retaliation, vindictiveness and revenge on innocent family members would surely be the work of the devil; not a Catholic priest.


 

But is it a worse sin than lying to anyone else, because he is a priest?

Yes, because of the ontological dignity of the sacred Priesthood, but practically speaking in our days...

...not really, because in the eyes of Canon Law, all traditional Priests and Bishops are laymen, for they have no mission, office or jurisdiction, and they are therefore not part of the hierarchy; and this is exactly the juridical position of the layman.

The only difference between the clergy and laity in the traditional realm lies in the power of Orders which Priestly Ordination or Episcopal Consecration bestows upon a man: such power of Orders does not carry with it power of jurisdiction since the Ordinations and Consecrations done by the acephalous and vagrant Bishops are themselves a violation of Canon Law. They do not commit mortal sin because the good of the faithful demand such Ordinations and Consecrations, but validity does not assure jurisdiction: for even the Oriental schismatics have valid Orders, but they cannot form part of the hierarchy of the Church since they do not belong thereto by reason of schism and heresy.

The traditional clergy who are really Catholic (not sacramental terrorists or sectarians) are part of the Church but not part of the hierarchy. They do not have any authority, much less the faculties to impose punitive or coercive judicial decisions.

So, the position of a traditional Priest is that of the layman, Canonically speaking.

Reverence is to paid to the Priest is the Priest shows himself worthy thereof by his paternal solicitude, Apostolic zeal, probity of life, personal sanctity, competence in matters of sacred doctrine and pastoral theology, &c. This is because there is nothing that can assure us that such or such a Priest is competent enough to de facto demand our reverence and credibility.

Even then, the relationship between the Priest and layman is more like unto a fiduciary contract based on charity and humility, rather than a subordination based on obedience and justice. You are under no obligation to follow them blindly, nor to adhere to them exclusively to the prejudice of other clerics.

You pay heed to the Father Confessor to whom you entrust your soul not because he has authority outside the confessional, but insofar as he is your spiritual director whose counsel has more weight than that of laymen or other Priests.

Go to a Priest you trust regarding your scruples upon this matter, and pay heed to him because you trust him and he knows you and your situation.

This is how I feel.  How dare a "priest" ask a innocnet person if they are internet forums and ask them what their name is when the majority of the novus ordo clergy are on the internet trolling for little boys and men.  

What is wrong with you people?

Since when is defending God, Our Blessed Mother and the Church a sin against God?


And Jesus is about the Truth.



 

There is going to be a lot of priests, bishops, cardinals and nuns burning and rotting in Hell.  

The novus ordo remove Heaven and Hell from the act of contrition...