Great info refuting Matatics assertions.

https://schismatic-home-aloner.com/gerry-matatics/

The Dimonds are said to have rejected Matatics as a "demonic sedevacantist" some time ago.

In all fairness, while not agreeing with Gerry Matatics on this particular issue in the least, I don't think there is a difference.  In either case, you are saying "we need priests, we should have priests, but we don't have priests, at least available to us in the here and now, because...".

I feel that the "because" (which is the reason any person gives for this specific crisis) is significant because each individual response must be weighed against Traditional Catholic teaching to determine if the person making the statement is adhering to said teaching.

For example, Person A can say they're Catholic and their reason for not being able to receive the sacraments is because they are merely unable to gain access to any priests because of their persecution. This person's reasoning is true and, at the same time, they're actually Catholic because they are adhering to what the Church teaches: that there are priests and there are sacraments despite the crisis because Christ's Church will last until the end of time.

Now, Person B (the deceptive Matatics-type) can say they're Catholic and their reason for not being able to receive the sacraments is because they're unable to gain access to any priests because there are no priests anywhere in the world and thus there can never be sacraments given anywhere in the world. In this case, this person's reasoning is false (faulty) because they're claiming to be Catholic yet, at the same time, their reasoning statement is diametrically opposed to Traditional Catholic teaching. Whether or not Person B knows this is debatable but one thing surely isn't: that Person B is not Catholic. Christ's Church will last until the end of time and that includes at least one priest and thus at least one person to administer sacraments.

You're a formidable opponent in discussions and I like that you give people the benefit of the doubt. However, the Dimonds adamantly refuse to tell what ethnicity they are. When asked by several people, they only go so far as saying they were brought up in a "secular" home. There's no reason why they shouldn't answer the question when it is asked (other than to hide their ethnic Jєωιѕнness). Then when I find they went and deliberately changed the spelling of their last name, I couldn't psychologically ignore that pertinent fact. Even cult-leader Richard Ibranyi, who was a former Dimond follower, said he "thinks" they're Jєωιѕн. Then that makes GM's actions even less sensible. Remember that GM willingly converted to Catholicism. Why would he convert to a religion that is unable to provide him valid sacraments or valid priests? To supposedly "convert" to a religion he believes is the One True Church and then publicly make the claims that he makes just smacks of deceptive/ulterior motives, and false conversion.

He pretty much admits to converting to a Church that he knows is so broken that every priest who claims to be a priest isn't even really a priest. Why would anyone do such a thing in good conscience? There has to be some unity and some hierarchy, after all, in Christ's Church. But not according to Matatics 101. And if that isn't absurd enough, he claims to be one of the only Catholics in the world who realize this (maybe even the only one in the world or, at the very least, the first one in the world). 

I just think he's a sleazy pseudo-convert who probably saw a way to make a buck by finding an argumentative position within the Traditional circles, exploiting it by adding his own twist on it (which anyone can see is totally non-Catholic) and seeing how many people will follow him or support him by giving him money.

You sure aren't loath to look into people's hearts and make accusations about people's motives, are you?

As to the Dimonds and their ethnicity, how about, "it's none of your damned business." What difference does their ethnicity make if they profess the true faith that knows no race, gender, or ethnicity (Galatians 3:28, etc.), other than to people like you, and frankly . . . never mind.

Do you know anything about Gerry's background? The man was a "star" of the Novus Ordo sect, one of Cath Answers A team. He taught  theology at prestigious Catholic universities and could have had the good life, but he threw that away to be in a sect of one (1) - he needs some help with marketing, apparently; but not from you - , so he could reap fans and $$$$, according to you.

If he had a mercenary, pecuniary motive, he would have stayed where he was and milked that cow. Either you: a) don't make any inquiry as to facts before you speak, and just pontificate wherever your exceptional ability to look into hearts and minds takes you, or b) you're simply incapable of just emoting at the drop of a hat.

Either way, not very commendable.

These accusations are horrible: I do hope you come to realize that.

Thanks for emptying some of the garbage of Traddie world on cathinfo.

DR