I for one hope that a split can be avoided, I hope that Bishop Fellay can be removed from his position, unfortunately this does not seem like that will happen.
From what I've been told, the SSPX has control of the properties, they have made sure to do this ever since 1983.
Times are going to get tough for many of us, but perhaps it is a test to see if we are as strong as those who resisted immediately after V2.
It may be a cleansing of sorts.
Bishop Tissier de Mallerais is the exact position that Archbishop Lefebre had, Bishop Williamson is similar but does things in a slightly different way. I believe but do not know for certain that Bishop De Gallareta is the same.
It is apparent that Bishop Fellay is not. He seems to hold the position that the FSSP holds. We will all soon find out who our friends are.
Keep strong and keep your eyes open to any events.
Yesterday I saw a disturbing sermon from the District Superior of Canada, pronounce that:
1: That Bishop Fellay has done as much as or more for the SSPX than
Archbishop Lefebvre! (I kid you not, he said these words)
2: That a non-Catholic businessman told Menzingen that the SSPX were wrong
in their methods; that is one example of why they should join Rome
3: He attacked the priest who leaked the letter, calling it a mortal sin
to
do so. He said that if someone receives a letter from someone and shows it
to someone else, that it is a mortal sin. Well, I received an email and
showed it to someone today; I don't think I committed a mortal sin.
4: He disgustingly referred to Bishop Williamson as a h0Ɩ0cαųst denier.
5: He praised the Pope numerous times, including the above jab, which
amounted to “Rome was gracious enough to overlook one of our Bishops being
a
h0Ɩ0cαųst denier).
6: He essentially said we must obey Bishop Fellay without question. (How
can
one be a member of the SSPX, let alone one of its Superiors, and not know
what false obedience is!)
I’m not the only one who had a problem with this; there were several
others.
I got word from a friend that he had the complete opposite sermon from another famous SSPX Priest:
commented that the SSPX position has always been no practical deal without doctrinal solution, and that Bp Fellay seems dot be abandoning is. He then gave a sermon condemning relativism/subjectivism (basically a more detailed version of the 3 bishops' letter). After Mass he send the letters in question to everyone on the chapel email list and commented that BpF's response was "unconvincing".