I can put myself in a Trad Catholic (Resistance) like Stephen Kokx's shoes pretty easily.
He had been there a long time, and he knew what was happening. He might have spoken to other employees, outraged at what was going on. He was trying to do the right thing, defend truth and goodness, and the cause of God in general.
I'm sure he was controlled, Catholic at all times, and has nothing to apologize for. Just as I was, when I was speaking out at my SSPX chapel about the unjust ouster of Bp. Williamson and the various changes in the SSPX back in 2012. I didn't care what happened to me. I had to speak out. And I note that not a single person opposed me, or had anything to shoot me down with. Not to my face, at least. A half-dozen anonymous cowards wrote a passive-aggressive letter to Fr. Rostand the District Superior, bitching about how I support the Resistance yet I'm allowed to sing in the schola.
If they were right, why didn't they attack me who they believed was "in error"? If truth was on their side, they should have been confident and pushing for a confrontation -- not fleeing into the shadows.
In Stephen's case, it got him fired. In my case, my wife and I got fired from our volunteer positions. In both cases, it was complete BOVINE STERCORA.
These firings are reminiscent of Bp. Williamson's unjust expulsion, as well as the persecution against +ABL. Both of these never got a fair "trial" because that would be impossible. They were 100% in the right.
At the very least, they just randomly "laid him off" as a big (((cohencidence))) when they took this hard-Left turn away from Tradition.
Remember what I said years ago, that LifeSite was on the right trajectory (on the way up, more and more Traditional), whereas SSPX was on the wrong (downward) trajectory?
Not any more. Think about it: Anyone who stays behind at LifeSite is now COMPROMISED. Willing to look the other way as Tradition is purged from LifeSite. As the article said: Westen had no scandal. There was no reason AT ALL to drum him out OF HIS OWN ORGANIZATION. Something's going to change now at LifeSite, and it isn't for the good. We're talking practical, noticeable, real change. You don't change one of the MAIN LEADERS without practical changes happening on the ground.
And anyone "good" or "mostly good"? They will be USELESS now, as they compromised with this. Compromise neutralizes you, as people hate to contradict themselves going forward. Just like if +ABL had said "just one New Mass" he would have been neutralized in his fight against Conciliar errors.