Okay, so I got an update from a trusted anonymous source. The source in question knows Fr. Moran personally and explained to me the situation in a call. The verdict is that Fr. Moran is INNOCENT and ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES.
Here’s the real story, as I got told:
Fr. Moran was, as a young boy, molested by a priest of the diocese of Cardiff. He never pressed charges against them, but they have been persecuting him ever since [note: why - unknown]. When Fr. Moran wanted to become a priest, they delayed his ordination. Since he moved to the Diocese of Martinique in the meantime [note: why did he move - source didn’t know], the diocese of Cardiff reported him to the Novus Ordo bishop of Martinique, who then spread rumors about him. Fr. Moran says he has the docuмents to back up that he wasn’t even in the area when the things he supposedly did were supposed to have happened [note: I’m still not sure what exactly he was even accused of].
Fr. Moran took up contact and was consecrated by Apb. Viganò first (before Viganò was re-consecrated by Bp. Williamson) and then conditionally re-ordained by Bp. Williamson later on. However, after [before?] his initial ordination, the Diocese of Cardiff put pressure on Abp. Viganò - potentially directly, potentially via his sister, a Novus Ordo nun. Which is why Viganò reacted this way and said Fr. Moran deceived them both.
Kavanaugh was never really „in the Resistance“. He hosted a mass with Bp. Morgan once at the beginning when the Resistance started, but he just occasionally came to Masses. Somehow Kavanaugh got the impression that Fr. Moran was „behaving shady“ (or got told of the allegations of Cardiff, he said he e-mailed Cardiff). My source cannot confirm that Fr. Moran is behaving shady, in person there was never the impression that anything was wrong with Fr. Moran. However, then Kavanaugh apparently spammed [?] Bp. Morgan with E-Mails / phone calls and Bp. Morgan blocked him. Later on Fr. Moran (not Bp. Morgan) filed a police report for harassment, as, from his side he were convinced that it was harassment. Kavanaugh then blew up with the video at the start of this thread.
When Bp. Morgan / Bp. Ballini got notified of the situation, their reaction was roughly „all Internet talk is evil“ and ignored it and hoped it would pass (standard boomer clergy reaction). Which in reality just made the situation worse. Then when I e-mailed Alun (the secretary of the late Bp. Williamson) to check what’s going on, I stopped getting answers - again, for no real reason. What I did not know is that Alun is a bit „cagey“ about information like Mass locations or inquiries - often for no real reason. So I saw this as a red flag and removed Broadstairs from my list of safe chapels / priests because I didn’t know what was going on. So thhis was back in June. Bp. Stobnicki then didn’t want to get involved in this mess, understandably so. The laity in the UK / Ireland is a bit upset with their bishops behavior, because this all could’ve been a five minute e-mail instead of a 36-page thread.
Ultimately, the situation seems to be a massive nothing-burger, the problem is that the people in the Resistance are all a bit autistic, both the laity and the bishops. I.e. they have a hard time visualizing how some behavior might be received by the other person. Nothing actually happened and the people involved were all just intransparent for no real reason and many priests / bishops are anti-Internet, which explains their „silence“. In the UK / Ireland, nobody believes Fr. Moran to be guilty of anything (except for Greg Taylor / The Recusant, who of course had to of course drag his personal issues with the late Bp. Williamson into the mix).
So much for that. Now, I also asked this source about the allegations against Fr. Abraham, since the charge of „Bp. Williamson allowed pedo priests in the Resistance“ was also brought up (by Greg Taylor / The Recusant again): Fr. Abraham never did anything that was considered a canonical crime, he did however „made a pass twice on two boys“, i.e. giving them weird looks, as far as I'm aware. Fr. Pivert, a french canon lawyer, said that this didn’t amount to a canonical crime, but at the same time Fr. Abraham is known to be a bit effeminate and it's obviously still repulsive. However, he never really „did“ anything. Therefore, for security reasons, Bp. Williamson gave him only a „limited ministry“ in London, i.e. no boys in the chapel (only adults) and no pilgrimages. However, Greg Taylor had to somehow justify why he wasn’t going to Fr. Abrahams Masses anymore and so he brings up all these personal issues with Bp. Williamson [note: not sure if that's the only reason]. Taylor has a massive influence on Fr. Hewko, and although Fr. Hewko was very close to reconciling with Bp. Williamson, Taylor sperged out over an interview of Bp. Williamson in 2021 and completely destroyed that relationship again, so I was told.
Overall, Bp. Williamson was right that’s it’s like herding cats to get the priests / bishops in the Resistance to work with each other. I hope this post helps to somehow untangle the situation - however, NO, the Resistance does NOT shelter any pedophile priests.
So, with that cleared, I've added Broadstairs back as a Mass location on dubia.cc as a theologically and physically safe location.
I am in UK and have met Fr Abraham and some of the other people involved. We attend a diocesan Latin Mass and SSPX occasionally. I feel you need to hear a view from here in UK as Americans and other Europeans are not aware of how the resistance is viewed over here.
It’s true the Kavanagh family did not attend resistance masses, they remained in contact with Bp Morgan as they knew him from his time with SSPX. That’s how he ended up visiting their chapel/home.
Fr Abraham is guilty of sɛҳuąƖ assault on two boys in separate occasions. He admitted his guilt to a friend of mine and is repentant. He says he is still tempted by underage boys. The SSPX would not allow him to say any public masses. They were right.
Moran was laicised due to violation of the 6th commandment with a minor. He was a well known groomer of boys within the diocese of Cardiff. I’m acquainted with priests in Wales who verify this and were glad when he left the parish and went to the Caribbean.
I think dismissing Morgan’s behaviour as ‘boomer behaviour’ is laughable. He acted appallingly in not speaking up about Moran, either in his defence or what he should have done is suspend Moran from public masses until he was thoroughly investigated.
The view of traditional Catholics here in UK and Ireland is that the resistance group here are cult like and protect paedophiles. This is the Bp Morgan group. Hardly anyone attends their masses. I know because a friend attended and has now stopped going. I know the situation is different in America and I’m not commenting on the American resistance or any group outside uk and Ireland.
The Kavanagh family were unwise in not checking out this Moran before letting him come on their property. Though perhaps they trusted Morgan as a friend, this was a mistake evidently.
I haven’t the time to post on this group much, so apologies if I’m slow replying. Also as I’m not resistance it’s probably the wrong forum for me. I thibk its important when commenting on this thread that you all know what’s going on in trad circles in UK.
God bless.
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