Fair go, Mark, none of us here has Magisterial authority. We all do our best to adhere to the teachings of the Magisterium. Recounting our experiences and what we stand for gives encouragement to others and can help them to understand the crisis and stand firm in the Faith.

1. There is no sign that the OP was dishonest. He seems on the contrary to be an open person.
2. If the priest had an issue with it, he could ask and you would give an honest aswer. BUT the priest has no right to withhold the sacraments on the account of a your answer.
3. whether the priest travelled to you or vice versa is irrelevant.

The priest cannot put unreasonable demands on the conscience of the communicant, as has been my personal experience. It is not for the priest to to divide the Church, on non-dogmatic principles.

I agree.  This should satisfy most of the concerns/debates out there.  This position "works" on so many levels, and I was hoping that Father Chazal's position could help bridge the gap between the various factions ... but I was wrong.

The reason it's confusing is because too many people listen to too many voices saying too many different things.

St. Paul tells us that if he himself were to preach error, or if you were to hear error preached from an angel from heaven, you must maintain the true faith and do not listen to either of them. Seems simple enough to me. To help unconfuse matters in this mess, simply do not listen to popes who preach all manner or heresy and error, and don't add additional confusion into the mix by being concerned about whether or not popes are popes. 

Well, Gray, you've answered your own question. If all these Trad groups have different beliefs and one is accusing the other of mortal sin etc, how do you think the situation can be resolved? The shepherd is struck and the sheep are scattered! We need to pray for a good Catholic Pope who alone can unite us all again.

In the meantime, I could say to you - no, don't just do what you feel, follow the great leader that Divine Providence gave us as a beacon of light and truth in this crisis... Archbishop Lefebvre. You will be safe doing that. Don't worry too much about 'is he pope or isn't he', because I really don't think your salvation depends too much upon that. The Pope is destroying faith and morals, so avoid him and adhere to Tradition! Ensure you have valid priests and sacraments. Stay away from novelties!

There you have it. We all have to inform ourselves and follow the men of the Church we believe are best fulfilling their sacred duty of handing on to us that which they received - the Faith and valid sacraments - while waiting and praying for an end to the crisis. For me, that means following ABL and his faithful successors, yet not isolating myself from sacraments just because there is no valiant Resistance priest at hand if there are still good SSPX priests that I can attend. As regards Archbishop Thuc - for me that is the Church upside down - priests deciding they have to save the Church and running off to a bishop to have themselves consecrated - like Fr Pfeiffer in his turn. Furthermore, all the videos I have watched on this forum only confirm my doubts regarding AB Thuc's consecrations - good man as he was.

That still doesn't answer "Why don't the various factions want to bridge the gap?"  and if you are trying to be a Catholic in good standing then what?  Are we saying that when it comes to this confusion do what you feel, even if you might be mortally sinning based on what others are saying?  Within two hours of my house I can go to an independent Una cuм Mass, I can go to an SSPV, I can go to an Independent non-una cuм, I can go to the SSPX, I could go to an RCI, I can go to an FSSP, and many indults. Yet some will say I am mortally sinning if I attend others.  If I just determine that I am not and go where I want, then I become my own boss and that is not good for my soul either.  I do what my husband wants, which is fine with me.  But I want all the rest to make sense.  I know "Crisis in the Church"  be patient.  Again it is just so frustrating.  They are all trying to be Catholic and do what Catholics did before VII, but they have no bridges between any of them.  On top of that I have to raise Catholic children and tell them don't worry about all the in-fighting hopefully that will work itself out eventually.

That still doesn't answer "Why don't the various factions want to bridge the gap?"  and if you are trying to be a Catholic in good standing then what?  Are we saying that when it comes to this confusion do what you feel, even if you might be mortally sinning based on what others are saying?  Within two hours of my house I can go to an independent Una cuм Mass, I can go to an SSPV, I can go to an Independent non-una cuм, I can go to the SSPX, I could go to an RCI, I can go to an FSSP, and many indults. Yet some will say I am mortally sinning if I attend others.  If I just determine that I am not and go where I want, then I become my own boss and that is not good for my soul either.  I do what my husband wants, which is fine with me.  But I want all the rest to make sense.  I know "Crisis in the Church"  be patient.  Again it is just so frustrating.  They are all trying to be Catholic and do what Catholics did before VII, but they have no bridges between any of them.  On top of that I have to raise Catholic children and tell them don't worry about all the in-fighting hopefully that will work itself out eventually.