Seems like Fr Pfeiffer needs some lessons in punctuation and grammar. There is one notable thing in his letter: removing the Blessed Sacrament from the tabernacle leaving the laity with the impression Our Lord was present? That's scandalous if true.
I'd have to give Fr. Chazal the benefit of the doubt on this one. We don't know the whole story. It could have been for some good reason, perhaps related to construction. And there is nothing sinful about removing the Blessed Sacrament from a location that normally hosts the Real Presence -- as long as the sanctuary lamp is extinguished, so the faithful can know if Jesus Christ is present or not.
There is *ZERO* evidence that Fr. Chazal did anything shady in this reported instance. Even if Fr. Pfeiffer implies otherwise -- his word is not exactly "good as gold".* Therefore we must give Fr. Chazal the benefit of the doubt.
For all we know, Fr. Chazal removed the Blessed Sacrament because he knew that Fr. Pfeiffer was coming to visit. I haven't asked him.
The Blessed Sacrament is not reserved at our chapel here, but we regularly kneel in the pews and say the Rosary before Mass, for example. It's still a fitting place to pray, even if The Blessed Lord is not physically present. No one is adoring the empty brass tabernacle (which we have, BTW). We have a nice huge crucifix above the altar. Like I said: it's a fitting place for prayer.
* The lies of Fr. Pfeiffer are, sadly, too numerous to mention. I have observed several personally. One example: Fr. Pfeiffer claimed/claims that Bp. Zendejas stole his Texas chapel, even though he abandoned it for years beforehand. He thinks that once he visits an area and plants his flag, he is given some kind of special jurisdiction in perpetuity. Visiting Texas every year or two doesn't give him exclusive jurisdiction in the Lone Star State.
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