I just found an old box of cassette tapes in the attic, most are from the late 90's by SSPX Priest Fr. Benedict Van Der Putten.  He had great advice for married couples, teenaged boys, and the effects of sin on the soul.  His sermons were practical and down to earth.  I tried to Google him but found nothing.  

Does anyone know what happened to him?

He married, became a Protestant minister, subsequently apostatized and is now reported to be an atheist.

So sad. Almost incomprehensible.  Listening to his tapes it is obvious he knew right from wrong. How could it have gone so wrong (rhetorical question).

Very sad indeed… I never knew him well myself, but I knew several people, including a priest who was a classmate in seminary with Fr Vanderputten, that had a very great respect for him. It was too their great surprise that Fr Vanderputten would have ever fallen into such disgrace… 

IMO, the beginning of the end may lay within the text of this excerpt taken from the letter by Fr Peter Scott in  the Sept, 2001 issue REGINA COELI REPORT.  

You will probably have heard that the most recent defection
from our ranks is that of Father Benedict Vanderputten, so well
known to many of you by his outspoken and frank conferences,
sermons and retreats. I feel that it is my duty to warn you that in
leaving the Society of Saint Pius X, to which he had bound him-
self in perpetuity, he has taken it upon himself to attack the Supe-
rior General, for his refusal to accept the canonical arrangement
proposed by Cardinal Castrillon, asserting furthermore that to refuse
such propositions is a schismatic act. (Emphasis mine)  He himself has obtained a
celebret from Cardinal Ratzinger, and now celebrates the Indult
Mass, under the condition that he place himself under a diocesan
bishop within six months.


If one is to put themselves under an authority that can destroy them, it will! The Archbishop warned of this...

P.S. Now the table has turned, Fr Vanderputten left the SSPX for them NOT accepting a “canonical arrangement.” Now, if a priest doesn't accepted the new direction of the SSXP in working towards a “canonical arrangement,” he WILL be expelled! Absolute lunacy! 

He married, became a Protestant minister, subsequently apostatized and is now reported to be an atheist.

Any available docuмentation on all this?

 ... excerpt taken from the letter by Fr Peter Scott in  the Sept, 2001 issue REGINA COELI REPORT.  

You will probably have heard that the most recent defection
from our ranks is that of Father Benedict Vanderputten, so well
known to many of you by his outspoken and frank conferences,
sermons and retreats. I feel that it is my duty to warn you that in
leaving the Society of Saint Pius X, to which he had bound him-
self in perpetuity, he has taken it upon himself to attack the Supe-
rior General, for his refusal to accept the canonical arrangement
proposed by Cardinal Castrillon, asserting furthermore that to refuse
such propositions is a schismatic act. (Emphasis mine)  He himself has obtained a
celebret from Cardinal Ratzinger, and now celebrates the Indult
Mass, under the condition that he place himself under a diocesan
bishop within six months.

This is kinda interesting. We started going to the St. Aloysius Ctr in Los Gatos a week or two after Vanderputten left in (early 2001?)  We never met him until later, and that was merely a brief one-time encounter at a Latin Mass Magazine conference.  We did, however, meet the parents of the girl with whom, it is reported, Father behaved inappropriately. They were so devastated by their daughter's experience that they left the sspx chapel permanently shortly after our arrival.
We were given to understand that Vanderputten was expelled from the Society the moment his misdeeds saw the light.  Yes, as we heard it, Fellay called St. Aloysius within hours of finding out about the scandal, and demanded that Father pack his bags, and get out immediately.  That was the popular explanation of what had happened anyway.
But Fr. Scott's letter calls all that into question.  He says, (if this letter is authentic,) that Vanderputten voluntarily defected "from the (sspx) ranks."  Why?  Because Fellay did not accept the "canonical arrangement proposed by Cardinal Castrillon."
Something doesn't compute here.  Either Vanderputten got the permanent boot by Fellay in 2001, or he was simply reassigned until that same priest decided to leave of his own volition.
Can you understand my confusion?

It was immediate transfer followed months (or maybe a year)  later by defection from the SSPX. I believe the first stop was with the SSPX in Ireland.

So then, sspx was doing 16 years ago exactly what that organization deplores in the post-V2 church, i.e. hiding sɛҳuąƖ predators, and moving them to other diocesan venues.  Had my wife and I known this at the time, we would, I am almost certain, not have continued with sspx.  We were under the impression then that the SG had acted quickly and decisively to correct the situation.  Apparently that was not the case.

Is there an elephant in the Broadstairs living room as well? I have heard it, but I am reluctant to believe it

I'm not sure that this is a fair comparison.  What happened with Broadstairs was pretty much out in the open for many.  There was, I understand, plenty of remorse and pennance.  There was an acknowledgment of sin and guilt.
Not so in Los Gatos.  To this day most people don't know what happened in the aftermath.  I, for one, had no idea, until a couple days ago, that Father V. had remained with sspx for a year thereafter and that he wound up in Ireland.  That news came as a shock to me.

I'm not sure that this is a fair comparison.  What happened with Broadstairs was pretty much out in the open for many.  There was, I understand, plenty of remorse and pennance.  There was an acknowledgment of sin and guilt.
Not so in Los Gatos.  To this day most people don't know what happened in the aftermath.  I, for one, had no idea, until a couple days ago, that Father V. had remained with sspx for a year thereafter and that he wound up in Ireland.  That news came as a shock to me.

I am not saying that they are equivocal because I am not familiar with the original offences of each man, but regardless, it is a great scandal for a Bishop, a male, to be living with a suspected or admitted ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ. Or it would have been in the old days. I have yet to hear the Bishop explain how this could be a good idea and upon what grounds it is acceptable.
The SSPX finally censured this priest but from what I can tell, Bishop Williamson has allowed him to resume the activities which SSPX rightlyrestricted. This is not a matter of sectarian rivalry, it is a matter of morality and moral principles which should be universal in the Church.