Here is how a letter to a bishop should read:

Your Excellency,

There is a group of Carmelite sisters in Ireland that are quite poor, but also quite devoted to prayer and living out a true, Traditional, female religious vocation. Unfortunately, they currently lack the support of a Traditional bishop.

We humbly ask that you help and encourage these Sisters in their vocation, and remember them in your prayers and Masses. Anything you can do for them would be much appreciated.

We needn't remind you of the importance of contemplative orders.

We will continue to pray for you and for your apostolate.

Sincerely yours in Christ the King,

The Undersigned

Maybe Samuel (or someone else) could explain to me why manipulation, disrespect, guilt tripping, and cajoling is necessary when writing to a bishop to promote a given cause. Doesn't my letter above get the job done much better, and WITH RESPECT?

If the good of these nuns were Samuel's real motivation, he should have been able to put aside his frustration, dislike (not to say hatred) of Bishop Williamson long enough to write a decent, respectful letter to him. After all, a letter like my example letter (quoted above) is much more likely to get the desired results.

Instead, Samuel takes the passive-aggressive route and says, "Give these nuns 2 million dollars or you're no follower of Archbishop Lefebvre; you're just a hypocrite!" (in so many words) -- that certainly isn't the way to go. Talking about putting His Excellency on the spot!

It is not polite, charitable, or appropriate to ask a bishop for something in such a way that the bishop can't refuse without implicitly calling himself a hypocrite, evil, stingy, etc.

Yes, because Bishop Williamson has 2 million dollars just lying around the place.... CLEARLY

I shall inform His Excellency of this fact.  He'll be most happy to learn of it.