I read every single filing on the court website. The plaintiff has attempted for almost a year to serve Fr Duverger and failed because false addresses were provided by "someone". Either the plaintiff's counsel is incompetent or the SSPX is hiding that priest, utilizing faithful in the most despicable manner. This indeed is a scandal that should completely shutter every SSPX chapel in the US. Not to mention what happened at Post Falls...
I agree many SSPX chapels are a mess, but shutting down every single SSPX chapel in the USA is a bit extreme! Think of all the souls that rely on SSPX for Mass and Sacraments. Think of all the souls that will either go back to the novus ordo, most of which I’ve come to believe have invalid priests therefore invalid sacraments. Many will cease to practice the Faith, go out into the world, or even become Protestant. Thousands of souls could be lost. In many places, the SSPX is the only option. Sanford, N. Carolina, and Post Falls (was it a chapel or a school?) have had now open scandals. What about the probable majority of people NOT involved in any way, and chapels where scandals have NOT occurred? They should all be punished? Christ warned that there will be scandals, and woe to those who cause them. They should be fitted with millstone necklaces and dumped into the sea. He didn’t say their victims should be punished! It is also true that the victims of scandals will suffer, but they have the choice of whether to take scandal and let it destroy their souls, lose the Faith, or to forgive and go on, however difficult that may be. Depending upon the circuмstances, that may mean having to switch chapels, accept the loss of friendships, endure a fractured family, lose one’s job and suffer poverty, move away, or go “home alone.” Why would anyone WANT innocent parties to suffer for the sins of a few evil doers? God may will it as a test or strengthening, but that is not something an individual without proper authority may rightfully impose upon thousands of souls.
Without going into detail, I was sinned against by someone in authority in the Church. That same person sinned against dozens of others, and in a manner much worse than with me. The person is presently in prison for his crimes. Should the victims along with about 350 completely innocent, ignorant at the time of the crimes be deprived of the Mass and Sacraments? Forced to move away, lose jobs, be estranged from families, their spouse, children? Forced to stay “home alone?” If it can be prevented, it is not right!
Speaking only for myself, I do not allow the sins of that person to deprive me of salvation. At present, I pity him and pray that he save his soul. I also am glad that earthly justice is being carried out.
Corporate sin certainly exists. God does judge and punish entire nations. But He justly determines when and how this is done, while dealing with every individual soul that no injustice occurs. Other times, God specifically punishes individual souls without inflicting pain on his entire family, city, or nation.
If I misbehaved as a child, let’s say, a real incident on our summer vacation in our RV. I deliberately provoked my mother by using four-letter words. I received a mouthful of Palmolive dish soap and was sent to my rack. When my father returned, he got out the belt. I still had to apologize to my mother and siblings who heard it and were upset by the whole affair. My father didn’t give mom and siblings a taste of Palmolive and beat their hides! That would be most unjust! They got to eat dinner, play this board game we had of four layer Tic-Tac-Toe. I did not get dinner or play a game. All I got was to listen to everyone else have fun, smell the tuna and mandarin curry casserole from behind the curtain and not come out until morning.
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