For years he wouldn't tell anyone who ordained him, but it turned out to be some Old Catholic "bishop" who I think was the brother of a mayor of San Francisco. Old Catholic "priests" have been trying to get in on the traditionalist movement from the beginning. "Fr." Morrison was one of the few who succeeded and has fooled a lot of people.
For Sigimund: He may say some interesting things but a "priest" who can't even be trusted to give a straight answer about his ordination (for obvious reasons in Morrison's case) doesn't seem to be a reliable source for opinions about anything else.
That Old Catholic story comes from a guy named Terry Boyle.
I had a conversation on fisheaters a few years ago about this. This is what one poster wrote.
"Mr. Terry Boyle, who had made it a hobby of his to track the various Bishops(probably at the behest of someone in the the N.O.) lineages, including the Thuc lines and other independent groups. I asked him about "Father" Morrison. He showed me a letter from Mr. Merril Adamson who said he was "ordained" with "Father" Morrison in a ceremony performed by "Bishop" Thaddeus Alioto. Alioto claimed he was consecrated by "Bishop" de Ortega Maxey, who claimed orders through the Old Catholic Church of America (whose orders are disputed by the Old Catholics in Europe)."Well, according to Rama Coomaraswamy, Malachi Martin verified (in Rome) the validity of both those men mentioned by the poster "Bishop Thaddeus Alioto" and "Bishop Ortega Maxey"
You can read his whole article here but I'll post the pertanent parts.
http://www.the-pope.com/ordination.html"Malachi Martin, who made inquiries on my behalf in Rome about the validity of various traditional Bishops – Rome up to recent times having maintained strict records about such matters – assures me that the ordinations and consecrations of Archbishop Thuc are beyond any question valid. The same is true of the ordinations of Bishop Patrick Taylor. (Bishop Taylor comes from a Brazilian line – a group that was initially schismatic but which reconciled to Rome before Vatican II. (I have in my possession and hand written letter from Malachi Martin affirming the validity of Bishop Patrick Taylor.) I never discussed with him the issue of the Lefebvre ordinations, but I assume from other comments that he considered them valid. Again, I never discussed with him the position of Bishop Vizelis, but since he derives his Orders from Archbishop Thuc, one must assume them to be valid. The other Bishop about which I asked him to make inquiries was Bishop Thaddeus Alioto in Mexico which again he assured me was valid. (Bishop Alioto was a Dominican who was ordained in 1950 by Pius XII and was consecrated by a BIishop Maxi before the changes.)"
Again from the poster at fisheaters.
"Thus we look to circuмstantial evidence: "Father" refuses to present his credentials. In the past it seems it was common for him to delete from his e-mail listserv those who asked for his credentials. There is some non-certified docuмented evidence from a fellow ordinand claiming that both were "ordained" by a bishop who claimed lineage through an non-Catholic Bishop whose Orders were questionable."If you look on his website he addresses, though somewhat indirectly, these claims saying (paraphrasing) that if he tried to satisfy every person who had inquires he would have no time for anything else, and the text is dated 1998. Looking at the situation in light of this new information its no surprise that he didn't respond to requests for his Bona Fides (over the internet anyway) because he knew that whoever was asking for them probably saw Terry Boyles memo that the Bishop who consecrated him was invalid thus by providing the Bishops name he would only be confirming the false information coming from Boyle.
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