Actually, they're not as shady as some try to make them seem. I don't attend their society (nor have I ever), but know a bit about them. Remember, just because a line comes from a schismatic line, doesn't mean its invalid. As long as the ordained/ consecrated is teaching Roman Catholicism and professes to be Roman Catholic, and you can trace his validity, thats going to be important. If you can't do this, or are not yet well versed enough in being able to determine this, its better to stay with SSPX, CMRI or their affiliates. Here's +Taylor's Episcopal lineage:
Old Catholic line
1. Arnold hαɾɾιs Matthew (1908): a former Roman Catholic priest ordained a bishop by the schismatic sect, the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht.
2. Arthur William Howarth (1910): an Anglican bishop who was ordained with the –pre- 1968] traditional Roman Pontifical.
3. Ignatius [William Albert] Nichols (1933): a former Episcopalian priest convert to Eastern Orthodoxy who possessed a Russian Orthodox line from his 1932 episcopal ordination by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh. Then in 1933, he received conditional episcopal ordination from Bishop Arthur Howarth, an Anglican bishop with valid orders using a schismatic Ordinal.
4. Theodotus [Stanislaus Witowski] DeWitow (1936): participated with two Orthodox bishops at the episcopal ordination of Walter Myron Propheta.
5. Patriarch Wolodymyr [Walter Myron Propheta] (1964): Archbishop Walter
Propheta, a Ukranian Orthodox priest was consecrated by Archbishop Joachim Souris, a Greek Orthodox prelate with a Russian Orthodox line and assisted by Archbishop Theodotus DeWitow. Personal contemporary of J. Edgard Hoover. Recognized as valid since 1965 by Cardinal Francis Spellman, the Archbishop of New York and his successor, Cardinal Terrence Cooke.
6. Francis Joseph Ryan (1969): possesses an Old Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox lines after receiving episcopal ordination from Archbishop Propheta. Through co- consecrator, Carey Leopold Presson, Bishop Ryan also has an Ethiopian Orthodox and Brazilian Catholic line from Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, officially recognized as valid by the Vatican
since 1954.
7. Denis Michel Garrison (1985): Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison is an Eastern
Orthodox prelate possessing an Old Catholic line, Greek Orthodox line, Russian Orthodox line, and a Brazilian Catholic line.
8. Paul Dolan (1987): co-consecrated Bishop Patrick Taylor with Archbishop Garrison and Bishop Michael Boucher.
9. Patrick Taylor (1993): a Roman Catholic priest who was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison. He was later conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Merril Adamson in 2001. Bishop Adamson was conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Jose Gaston Ramon Lopez.
Russian Orthodox line
1. Macarius [Makarij] Michael Neveskij (1884): Metropolitan of Moscow who was murdered by the Communists during the Russian Revolution.
2. Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Mechersky (1903): Russian Orthodox archbishop of Alaska and Dean of the Moscow Theological Academy.
3. Aftimios [Abdullah] Ofiesh (1917): consecrated in the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in New York.
4. Sophronios Bishara (1928): American Orthodox bishop of Los Angeles.
5. Christopher Contogeorge [Kontogiorgios] (1934)
6. Arsenias Saltas (1934): Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria.
7. Joseph Klimovicz [Klimovitch] (1935)
8.Joachim Souris (1951)
9. Patriarch Wolodymyr [Walter Myron Propheta] (1964): Archbishop Walter Propheta, a Ukranian Orthodox priest was ordained by Archbishop Joachim Souris, a Greek Orthodox prelate (with a Russian Orthodox line) and assisted by Archbishop Theodotus DeWitow. Personal contemporary of J. Edgard Hoover. Recognized as valid since 1965 by Cardinal Francis Spellman, the Archbishop of New York and his successor, Cardinal Terrence Cooke.
10. Francis Joseph Ryan (1969): appointed auxiliary bishop for the Orthodox diocese of New York. Through co-consecrator, Carey Leopold Presson, Bishop Ryan has an Ethiopian Orthodox line and a Brazilian Catholic line recognized by the Vatican to be valid since 1954.
11.Denis Michel Garrison (1985): Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison is an Eastern Orthodox prelate possessing an Old Catholic line, Greek Orthodox line, Russian Orthodox line, and a Brazilian Catholic line.
12. Patrick Taylor (1993): a Roman Catholic priest who was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison. He was later conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Merril Adamson in 2001. Bishop Adamson was conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Jose Gaston Ramon Lopez (whose validity is recognized by the Society of St. Pius X).
Second Russian Orthodox Line
1.
Macarius [Makarij] Michael Neveskij (1884): Metropolitan of Moscow who was
murdered by the Communists during the Russian Revolution.
2.
Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Mechersky (1903): Russian Orthodox archbishop of Alaska and Dean of the Moscow Theological Academy.
3.
Aftimios [Abdullah] Ofiesh (1917): consecrated in the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in New York.
4.
Ignatius [William Albert] Nichols (1933): a former Episcopalian priest convert to Eastern Orthodoxy who possessed a Russian Orthodox line from his 1932 episcopal ordination by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh. Then in 1933, he received conditional episcopal ordination from Bishop Arthur Howarth, an Anglican bishop conditionally consecrated by Old Catholic prelate, Bishop Arnold hαɾɾιs Matthew using the Roman Pontifical.
5.
Theodotus [Stanislaus Witowski] DeWitow (1936): participated with two Orthodox bishops at the episcopal ordination of Walter Myron Propheta.
6.
Patriarch Wolodymyr [Walter Myron Propheta] (1964): Archbishop Walter
Propheta, a Ukranian Orthodox priest was consecrated by Archbishop Joachim Souris, a Greek Orthodox prelate with a Russian Orthodox line and assisted by Archbishop Theodotus DeWitow. Personal contemporary of J. Edgard Hoover. Recognized as valid since 1965 by Cardinal Francis Spellman, the Archbishop of New York and his successor, Cardinal Terrence Cooke.
7.
Francis Joseph Ryan (1969): possesses an Old Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox lines after receiving episcopal ordination from Archbishop Propheta. Through co- consecrator, Carey Leopold Presson, Bishop Ryan also has an Ethiopian Orthodox and Brazilian Catholic line from Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, officially recognized as valid by the Vatican
since 1954.
8.
Denis Michel Garrison (1985): Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison is an Eastern
Orthodox prelate possessing an Old Catholic line, Greek Orthodox line, Russian Orthodox line, and a Brazilian Catholic line.
9.
Patrick Taylor (1993): a Roman Catholic priest who was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison. He was later conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Merril Adamson in 2001. Bishop Adamson was conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Jose Gaston Ramon Lopez.
Roman Catholic and schismatic Brazilian Catholic lines
1. Mariano Rampolla (1882): Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, an excommunicated Freemason who served as Vatican Secretary of State to Pope Leo XIII.
2. Joaquim Acrcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1890): appointed cardinal by Pope St. Pius X.
3. Sebastian Leme da Silveira Cintra (1911) appointed cardinal by Pope Pius XI.
4. Carlos Duarte Costa (1924): A former diocesan bishop who was excommunicated and declared vitandus by Pope Pius XII for creating a schismatic sect called the Brazilian Catholic Church. Coincidentally, his episcopal lineage comes from an excommunicated Catholic bishop.
5. Salamao Ferraz (1945): Originally a Protestant minister, he was consecrated a bishop by Bishop Duarte Costa and later became Roman Catholic under Pius XII. He did not receive conditional episcopal ordination and was allowed to keep his wife, whom he married before his conversion. In 1961, Pope John XXIII appointed him auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro and served as Council Father at the Second Vatican Council.
6. Esteban Mayer Corradi-Scarella (1945): established a schismatic sect in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Msgr. Duarte Costa participated as co-consecrator at his episcopal ordination.
7. Emile Frederico Rodriguez Fairfield (1954)
8. Robert Norton (1974)
9. Francis Jerome Joachim (1974)
10. Justo Roque Gonzalez-Trimino (1974)
11. Carey Leopold Presson (1983)
12. Denis Michel Garrison (1985): Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison is an Eastern
Orthodox prelate possessing an Old Catholic line, Greek Orthodox line, Russian Orthodox line, and a Brazilian Catholic line.
13. Patrick Taylor (1993): a Roman Catholic priest who was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Denis Michel Garrison. He was later conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Merril Adamson in 2001. Bishop Adamson was conditionally ordained by sedevacantist prelate, Bishop Jose Gaston Ramon Lopez.