Dancing:
I feel the SSPX largely neglects cases of female and child abuse .
I have even heard in person Father Crane, the priest in this case, give a sermon and FROM THE PULPIT shame a child for reporting physical abuse against his parents claiming the child was interested in entering foster care for the benefit of free college.
I think we can come in behind Dancing, and confirm at least some of what he says. We know personally one of the sisters and the crippled brother. This Sloniker sister is one of the nicest, sweetest persons we have ever met. If not mistaken, she is presently taking care of her parents in their home, plus holding down a job of her own.
We have met the mother and father on one occasion. Yes, the mother is confined to a wheelchair.
She and her husband were in a nursing home together. A couple of years ago, the daughter, a kind, compassionate and self-sacrificing an individual, as one could ever meet, invited our "resistance" choir in Post Falls to that facility around Christmas time, in order to sing carols to those assembled in the day room. Her parents were present, and she organized the event particularly with her parent's enjoyment in mind.
The crippled brother is a fine person in his own right, as friendly and harmless an individual as we've ever known. The whole thing, as revealed by Dancing just makes us sadder and more depressed about it all. As I said, these are two of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet, and they are totally undeserving of the kind of upbringing which they had. It is one of those mysteries of suffering that most of us can not quite fathom.
I will have to agree 100% with Dancing, that "the SSPX neglects cases of female and child abuse."
By and large, at least at ICC in PF, the priests keep their distance from the people. They are available, most of the time, either only in the confessional or by private appointment. Otherwise, they keep their distance from the lowly lay rank and file. Most of them would probably not know what was going on among the people anyway.
In another post hereafter, I'll share another anecdote about SSPX abuse and neglect.
We know Fr. Crane too. From our association with him, what Dancing reports, we can easily believe that Father behaved just like the former describes.