I knew him for years ... before he was even ordained a priest.  He’s a good man.  Now, if you’re concerned about the validity of his Orders, that’s a separate matter.

What do you mean that you don’t trust him?

I was the one who originally posted that they might be CIA plants, I could be wrong on that point but if one looks at a lot of the evidence against them, it's pretty overwhelming that they have some serious issues and are very suspect.

1.  It's well known that they filter comments in the videos they allow comments on and only leave comments up that point out how "great" they are or occasionally a comment that they can refute.  There's even a few comments saying things like "Looks like these guys are the 2 Witnesses of Apocalypse!" but the Dimonds never remove those comments or in humilty correct them.  Why?

2.  If one looks at both sides of the lawsuit with Hoyle and not just believing what the Dimonds say about it, the Dimonds don't really come out smelling like roses.

3.  What they did to Jorge Clavellina was disgusting and Jorge has a lot of refutations of them as he was a hardened Dimondite at one point and has first hand knowledge of what they're like.  Dimond Data is the YT channel.

4.  "RI" has a lot of material against them as well showing how they are Sarabaite monks and the mysterious death of Joseph Natale and how Mike (Fred) basically took his place without having the proper prerequisites.  I don't really want to link this "RI" guy because of his radical beliefs on other things. 

5.  They threaten people who don't agree with them on every little point they make.  Even making comments like "we know where you live" or "you wouldn't say that to my face you punk."  Does that sound like monk behavior to you?

6.  They've been pointed out by several people how they are wrong about JPII being the Antichrist based on the Church Fathers and just common sense but Dimonds still push it.  Why?  Sounds like an agenda to me.

7.  They never talk about how they were wrong about this or that, no matter what, they behave and come across like they have all the answers to what's going on and will stick to their "script."

8.  As someone pointed out in another thread they show people how to make a contract with Satan in their 3 hour magician video, if they had any prudence they would leave that out.

There's more I could say but I'll leave it at that as those are the most important points.  Of course they will have good material as well, shills have a lot of truth on their side or else people wouldn't really follow them, they have to appear to be very Catholic and Holy so of course they will refute Prots and "Orthodox" but it's that 1% poison one has to be vigilant about.  I was a big follower of theirs as well and thought about joining at one point until I was shown what fakes they actually are.

These are merely criticisms of the Dimonds ... with not a shred of evidence here tying them to the CIA.  Deleting negative comments?  Lots of people do that.  They're mean?  OK.  And?  Where's the tie to the CIA?  Hoyle gave them the money and then later changed his mind.  That would be like if I entered SSPX seminary, gave all my money to them, then decided I didn't like it there and tried to get it back after it was spent.  Canonical irregularity?  That's the entirety of the Traditional movement.  Lots of people don't like the Dimond brothers ... but I fail to see any CIA connection.

Core problem is their bitter zeal.  They've become bitter against a lot of the people who regularly attack them.  As far as doctrine, I think they're right on most of their points.  It's just that they have crossed the line from zeal into the realm of bitter zeal, and that suffices to explain the vast majority of these criticisms.

The one post on the blog was just a lot of conjecture and personal criticisms based on one guy's experience with them. I haven't looked at his videos yet, but it looks like more of the same as the guy has a personal vendetta against them due to his experience with MHFM. I'm not saying he's being dishonest, I just don't see how any of this shows that they're anything more than trad zealots.
Exactly. I know personally that they don't "approve" any comments I've made through disqus on their articles and I've had my comments deleted off of their YT. So what?

And they have a right to defend themselves from critics, which is why they put out their exposes on various trad figurehead who not only attack them, but are also causing their own confusion in traditional Catholicism. Do they cross a line at times? Yes, certainly. But that doesn't make them CIA

And if they did that, God help them, that is truly evil. But that doesn't make them CIA, just wicked zealots.

Yes, yes, the Dimonds aren't perfect. I know many don't like them, but that doesn't prove they're CIA.

Yikes! Why do you keep repeating yourself? I didn't say they were CIA!!!!