Yes, he's about, I think, 85, and still offers daily Mass and confession ... solid as rock.  Apart from when he was out for a few weeks with hip replacement (which is fatal to many elderly), I don't think he's missed a day in over 30 years.  He still goes out to mow his own grass and do yardwork and gardening.  Until recently, he would drive about 3 hours every Sunday to Wheeling, VA to take care of a small chapel there.  He ran a school for about 15 years, but that's no longer in service.

Until the SSPX consecrated bishops, he would get his holy oils from Bishop McKenna.  He's not at all hostile to sedevacantism, believes that the NO is certainly invalid.  When a Novus Ordo hospital chaplain tried to give Communion to one of his "parishioners", he excoriated him for bringing invalid hosts.

So, I was on his "Board of Trustees" for a while there, but I resigned after Father wanted us to sign papers leaving his chapel to the SSPX.  He felt it was the best option to ensure that the people there would be taken care of.  I warned him that the SSPX would likely sell the property and tell everyone to just go to St. Peregrine.  He just felt as though he had no choice, but I politely declined to sign the papers and resigned from the Board.

So, during his hip surgery, he needed a replacement and asked the SSPX.  SSPX hemmed and hawed and then finally offered to send a priest for like a 3PM Mass for a couple weeks.  He threatened to take the SSPX off his property will.  So on Christmas day, Bishop Tissier showed up for the 9AM Mass.  Money talks for the SSPX.  But Father was NOT happy, since that was a harbinger of things to come when he passes away.

So, I recently heard from my brother ... and I don't have all the details ... but the SSPX tried to extort $250,000 from Father Carley.  SSPX St. Peregrine chapel is building a new church (quite a bit closer to his chapel) and evidently the rectory/priory there alone will cost $500,000. So they told Father they wanted half of that amount from him as a condition for taking care of his chapel in the future.  St. Peregrine is another story.  They had raised close to a million dollars over the years in various fund-raising campaigns for a new church, but those funds evaporated ("embezzled" away so to speak by the SSPX, probably diverted to the seminary project).  So they had to start over again with a new fundraiser for the new chapel.  Lots of shady stuff going on there.  I'll try to get details on this latest extortion attempt.

Father Carley is incredibly frugal ... to a fault perhaps.  I remember serving Mass and having to be alert lest his candles burned down so low that they would tip over (and potentially start a fire).  He burned those things down to nothing.  So Father has a lot of capital saved away from over the years, and the SSPX want to get their hands on it.  Over the years, he acquired a couple of the homes adjacent to the church and used them for various purposes, such as where the Brothers who taught at the school lived, and at a different time a couple of sisters.  One of them is a really nice house.

I should think that the Resistance might get in touch with him, since Father Carley is absolutely of The Resistance mindset (even borderline sedevacantist).  He's actually on very friendly terms with Father Jenkins (who has a chapel in the Cleveland area).  Not only does Fr. Jenkins not have any issues with his people going to Fr. Carley's for Mass, but a woman from his chapel actually taught at Father Carley's school for several years.

Father Carley is a very simple man, and not much for theological discussion.  All he knows is "Novus Ordo bad and not Catholic.  New Mass invalid and displeasing to God."

The only good thing about this is that hopefully (wishful thinking), the people who wanted the Society of St. Pius X to join Rome realize how bad of an idea it would've been.

Either that or they're a complete idiot.

You’re kidding right?  You’re like a child.

You need to work on charity and pride, friend.

Pride. I'll pray for you.

Father Carley is a very simple man, and not much for theological discussion.  All he knows is "Novus Ordo bad and not Catholic.  New Mass invalid and displeasing to God."