I share some of these concerns ernie.

but it seems youre not aware of what the board is or how the board actually functions.

The school board IS the chapel board, they never were separate. why would they be now?

The letter is real. Fr. Starbuck acknowledged it himself..

for whatever reason Msgr. didnt think Fr. Starbuck was right for the position.
as much as some of us may not agree with it. thats the reality.

It is a lie to conflate the existing school board with a non-existing "chapel board."
No such board exists.

It is a lie to say that Father Starbuck acknowledged the letter is real.
You and the school board are the only one spreading that lie.

It is a lie to say Father Perez didn't want Father Starbuck to follow him.
Again, you and the school board are the only one spreading that lie.

Repeating falsehoods over and over again does not make them come true.

Calumny against a good priest who has served our chapel faithfully for 15 years is a serious matter.

All I can say is -- what a mess.

Glad I don't live near that chapel. It sounds like there's more scandal, intrigue, and politics going on at that chapel than prayer!

Hard pass.

It's a mess because dealing with the affairs of someone who has died, and the subsequent hereafter is very messy. I've heard stories from an attorney I knew.

I am the web developer who was posting updates for Fr. Starbuck..

The name of the web developer is known and what she says is the opposite of what you are saying.

I'm not trying to cause trouble in asking this, and I am not affiliated with the chapel, but do you believe that there was no letter in which it is was stipulated that Fr. Starbuck not take over in the event of Fr. Perez' death? The opposition seem quite adamant that there is a letter.

A docuмent exists. What is in dispute is whether it is legitimate or not.
Those who knew Father Perez know that he wanted LESS power for the school board.
It would have been out of character for him to sign any docuмent giving all financial control and the control to select the next priest to the school board.

It would have been out of character for Fr. Perez to give the school board the power to dispose of Fr. Starbuck. If that had been his intent, he would have done so himself, not do it from the grave.

The first story that was being peddled (after the untimely death of Fr. Perez) was that Fr. Perez had written such a docuмent in 2014. Most people in the chapel have heard this story.

The next version was that Fr. Perez had written such a docuмent in 2021, at the time of his surgery.

No one knows if it is his actual signature or not.
If it is his actual signature, as an earlier poster asked, was he under duress?
If it was it signed, was it signed when he was in excruciating pain prior to the surgery?
If it was signed, was it signed when he came out of surgery and was sedated?
If it was signed, wouldn't he have given a copy to Father Starbuck?
Was it actually signed by him at all?

Motive and opportunity.

Well, once more I'm going to have to come on here & correct a few personal opinions.
1.  Ernie1965ray - in your post you said they need a 'new group of Elders'.  What religion do you belong to, to refer to the board as Elders? Strange.  Then you post that the men of the congregation need to vote.  Why can't the women vote as well?  The congregation should vote.

2. Someone posted that Perez died as a chastisement for 'preaching against Covid' or was it the vaccine? I'm too busy to go back & see.  Fr. Perez died as a chastisement but it wasn't about anything as worldly as Covid or the vaccine.  I believe that Fr. Perez grossly neglected his priestly duty by allowing a pedophile who could no longer function even as a NO priest to say Mass on their altar & also allowed another man, Weist, with not an ounce of verification that he was a priest, to also say Mass!  Someone more knowledgeable in theology correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't all these a sacrilege of the highest order?  Then he allowed the Pfeifferville 'priest' to also say Mass there.  GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED.

3.  Fr. Perez paid money to become a Msgr?!  Then when he found out he really wasn't a Msgr, he continued to use the title!  Some of his followers call him Msgr too.

4. Fr. Starbuck may have been at OLHC 15 years, but the first 10 + or - years he had health problems & never did any public functions as a priest as far as I know.  There must be a reason why Fr. Perez didn't want him as the pastor.

5. Fr Stretenovic left as he didn't like the way Fr. Perez treated people & he was asked to take over a Mission in another state.  I never heard of all those other reasons - going on vacation, etc.

6. As far as I know neither of those priests have been conditionally ordained, have they?

Yes, indeed, this is a mess.  

i feel the same way.. people can disagree, but at least lets be truthful about the facts.
agendas help no one.

best of luck to you and God Bless u as well..

This is so crazy. Stay away from these independent chapels.