I received word earlier this week that Bishop Tissier said he is preparing himself for a deal with Rome, so all those who had hope in him taking a stand will be disappointed. Seems like this is why the comment was made. Granted the source, I believe the comment.
Do you know precisely what Bishop Tissier's words were? Context is very important here. "Preparing himself" could mean "preparing" to follow +Fellay's folly or it could mean "preparing" to do the right thing.
From what was told to me earlier this week, the context was, all who were in high hopes over Bishop Tissier taking a stand will be let down...this was in a communication that Bishop Tissier made- "...is preparing himself for a recognition by Rome." The context is perhaps missing and could be misleading, I admit, but I didn't receive the communication so I wouldn't know.
Also attached to this was this tidbit... "Fr. Wegner was in Houston 2 weeks ago, he told the SSPX faithful, 'Don't be surprised if one day you wake up and you are in Rome.'"