As one who usually attends SSPX Masses, and who until ~2009 would have considered himself "an SSPXer," and who was, until I discovered this thread yesterday, thinking very seriously about accepting a high-paying job in Spokane precisely so that I could make my home in Post Falls for the purpose of having access to good schools and a good parish life for my family, I am very grateful to Matthew for disseminating this public information, which nevertheless would not have remained well-known, as it should be. I had a sleepless night because of this thread, and I thank God for His merciful providence, in bringing these disgusting facts to light, so that people can make the decisions and take the actions that their duties to God and their neighbor mandate.
Incidentally, to those who counsel "charity" and "withholding judgment," I think you are being far, far too lenient. I know some Traditionalists can seem paranoid, or blow things out of proportion, but in our fallen modern world, we easily become jaded by constant bombardment, with news of crimes and atrocities of all kinds, worldwide. Even if the crimes of sodomy, self-abuse, and all the rest by the high school boys did not happen, the docuмented facts surrounding the toleration and enabling of wicked men speak for themselves. I do not think I am being too harsh when I say that the appropriate, Catholic measures here should include the public execution of the adult pederast, and the public sentencing of Fr. Vassal to a monastery for at least 10 years, to devote himself to prayer and penance, and to serve as a public warning to all priests of the Society that every priest must, as one of the most essential duties of his priesthood, take seriously and make a real investigation into any allegations of immorality in his chapel, school, summer camp, priory, etc. and punish the perpetrators severely and decisively if it should prove that the allegations are true.
I know that it is important to respect the clergy, and to give them the benefit of the doubt, but often this clerical cult of image is taken too far. The image of the Society (and the Church as a whole) would be far better if priests guilty of crimes or spiritually-criminal negligence were held up and punished, than when all such sins, even when publicly known to some degree, are swept under the rug, and the offenders quietly transferred to another place. The instant something becomes publicly known, the duty to not speak ill of another ceases, and the duty to inform, warm, or condemn error or vice comes to the fore, provided, of course, that it is done in a spirit of charity and not salacious gossip-mongering.
These sorts of things are bound to happen from time to time. Catholics on earth are not yet saints, the Devil tempts good Catholics especially, and when we live in a world where sins of the flesh are rampant and celebrated constantly, some of this influence is bound to creep into our chapels and homes unless we exercise unceasing vigilance. It is also, unfortunately, a disturbing and true fact that, from my experience, sodomites are especially drawn to the aesthetics of the Traditional Mass, as they also are to, for example, the Monarchist movement in France. The pomp, finery, smells&bells, fine vestments, do attract them, in a way that a Novus Ordo, with all the decorum of a town hall meeting, doesn't. So we must be vigilant, wise as serpents, as Our Lord commanded. Unfortunately we are hampered because most Traditionalists are adept at being harmless as doves, but are sadly rather naive, and can't often recognize a fαɢɢօt when he is in their own living room, let alone six pews away at Mass. We too often forget that although we ourselves have good intentions and try to live by the Golden Rule, there are other, wicked people, who do not.
Topic: Sodomy Scandal in Post Falls, ID - SSPX Immaculate Conception Academy (Read 187038 times)