I listened to most of the sermon given by Fr. Wathen that you posted a link to. It's very good. It gives a good background of why +ABL maintained his adherence to the true Catholic Faith, and why Rome tried to stop him.
IMO, just as Rome has tried to get rid of the true Catholic Faith, Michael Voris wants to get rid of the SSPX. He has always been against the SSPX. Not sure why. It seems to be some sort of personal animus. Though I think it would be good to further investigate his claims (in an honest manner), I wouldn't assume that what Voris is presenting here is true. He's a ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ, and a narcissist. He doesn't think clearly, and he shouldn't have a soapbox that allows him to speak (supposedly) for the Catholic Faith.
I am going to listen to the Fr. Wathen sermon because I do want to begin getting an understanding of SSPX - who get credit for the existence of my beautiful ICSPKP parish, and who deserves admiration for continuing during COVID with the sacraments. And I do want to learn more about ABL, and may get a biography next. At the moment, I am swamped with online teaching so can't give it a lot of thought at this time. That ends in June though.
Meg, I can't agree with your opinion here. I think Michael Voris is above board, and is simply what we see - a zealous investigative reporter, devoted to getting the truth out. I admire that mission, because
the truth sets you free. I think he and the rest of CM see the truth that this abuse scandal being underground is what has made it thrive, and they are taking it upon themselves to expose it so that it can die off. It is
not going to die off while it remains underground. Abuse victims need justice.
And it is disgusting that parents of the SSPX abuse victims were assured that the abusing priests would be kept away from children from now on, and instead, the abusers were sent to be around other children! Terrible! The poor parents are thinking that the horror of their child being abused and the major stress of getting their child's abuse experience exposed to SSPX authorities will at least result in some good - other children being safe! But no, not even that. The SSPX hire-ups
lied to them, placating that they would ensure the safety of future children. Yes, that sin entrenched in SSPX really needs to get out from under the ground, and Voris and CM are heroically doing that.
SSPX has two happenings that make SSPX a place for abuse to continue to thrive: 1) They actively doing
now what they always have done - working to keep the abuse underground - prioritizing that over and above
fixing the problem. They have been successful in that grossly sinful endeavor (til now). 2) There is too much unquestioning respect for hierarchy, who thrive and hide in that human respect, and they embrace lack of transparency and an entitlement not to repent or do reparation for their sin.
I doubt you have a good reason to suspect that Voris wants to "get rid of" SSPX. I have never seen that in him. Possibly he doesn't approve of SSPX, but if that is the case, he would just say so, since he's not afraid to say what he thinks.
It is unjust for you to say that he "is" a homesɛҳuąƖ. How can you possibly know that? We only know he used be immersed in ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ sin - that is all you can can know of that, unless you have some special, other knowledge to share. He looks EVERYTHING like a repented, changed man to me. Our God is
able to make all things new, when one's will cooperates with His grace. Do you have special knowledge proving God did not make Voris new in this way? I think instead you are making assumptions (uncharitably and without evidence). Think about Mary Magdalene, immersed in a life of prostitution, and only a year later - or two? - she is the one Jesus praises for having "picked the better part", and the first one (besides His Mother) Jesus appeared to after His Resurrection.
Voris is not a Narcissist. I know a GREAT DEAL about Narcissist Personality Disorder, having studied it deeply and extensively over a long period of time, a result of having a full-blown actual one in my life a very long time. I can identify NPD in people pretty readily. People can have Narcissistic traits, though, without being one, and we see plenty of that in this very Narcissistic culture we live in. In fact,
everyone needs some narcissist traits in order to survive in society. (This is what they say. Perhaps some Saints manage without.) I could discuss that more in depth but it's probably not needed.
As for a personal animus, I know what you are saying there, but I am not seeing that. And it is the sort of thing I would notice.
I can see why people would jump to judgment on Voris, and assume he has a hidden animus, and try to find a label for his zealous confidence. It is natural to mistrust someone who comes on so strong and so direct. I have met him in person and I have attended a couple lectures he gave, and he is always the same Michael. And in person or recorded, I have never found any bone to pick with - I always end up struck that he spoke the truth. However, it was always much later an underlying mistrust would nag at me. Then I watched the TnT interview video I will post below, and my doubts left for good. Everything made sense.
In this interview I saw that Voris always was the same person we see today. How many elementary kids do you know who get the idea on their own - and carry it out - to visit all the classrooms in their school as a sole visiting lecturer to teach their classmates about horrors of abortion? And, he was a multiple-grammy award winning secular investigative reporter for many years. What wse see today is simply a man pouring the particular talents and disposition God gave him into service of our Church. So everything about him now totally made sense.
Also a missing puzzle piece for me, as I tendd to seek to understand people's psychological motivations -- How could he speak so well of his Dad AND have become gαy? Doesn't fit with what I know about folks with that bent. Well, he gives his family history and that all makes sense now. So, after this very illuminating video, I don't mistrust him any more, at all (and he honestly never gave me any real reason to). He is simply what he says and appears to be, an investigative reporter seeking to expose lies and falsehoods. And he is a true brother in Christ.
This is long, but very, very interesting. I watched it twice. Maybe sometime when you have some extra time staying at home, you'll watch it!