When this story first broke, I thought to myself, “How and why does an FSSP priest end up in Boston, unless there is something we are missing?”
(It’s ok to consider the possibility without evidence, so long as you don’t form a firm conviction imputing evil to another without it)
That's all I have been doing here.
And if one does not want to become independent, then +BW is no option.
With 5 years to consider his options, he still chose poorly, but it was not a sudden and inexplicable flight from the FSSP.
Oh please. The priests allied with +W work together as a group just fine. I know, +W originally called for "a loose network of independent priests" but as a matter of fact there is quite a helpful cooperation between the priests working with the 4 Resistance bishops. Don't sell them short.
And #2) Fr. Pfeiffer HARDLY is a great example of a great structure, organization, or anything like that. Such a reason falls flat on its face.
After all these years Father has just 1 priest (Fr Hewko) and maybe a few priests who haven't made it to Fr. P's "crap list" yet -- but for the most part they have their own private apostolates. As far as day-to-day Boston and Mission apostolate is concerned, it's still just good old Fr. Pfeiffer and Fr. Hewko. Oh, and a small but increasing list of priests with troubled reputations and backgrounds...
PS. #$@#$ I hit modify instead of quote. I do that more often than I like. Sorry. Again, #$!#
I can't bring it back or I would.