The rumor I heard was that
the other 2 bishops shot down Bishop Fellay's Roman compromise proposal.
That I could believe. After all, Rome isn't going to let +Fellay stay in power, much less have THREE bishops in charge of the new, regularized SSPX. In the eyes of +Fellay, if the other two bishops leave, that would be acceptable collateral damage.
The Traditio "news item" is much less believable. If we are to believe Traditio, then all is well with the SSPX! A miracle has occurred, and our prayers have been answered! It's just Bishop Fellay and a few others that have gone off course. Everyone else is 100% Archbishop Lefebvre, on board the fight for Tradition, knowing exactly why we're here and what we're doing. So give it a few months, and the four year nightmare will be completely over! Before long, I'll be back at my local SSPX chapel like nothing happened!
...yeah right.The above rosy scenario completely contradicts all reality and everything I've experienced -- both from reports I've heard (personal e-mails, phone calls, forums, websites), as well as in person at my local chapel, and San Antonio is one of the "good" (average/conservative) ones!
But let's analyze this Traditio report objectively.
He claims the "superiors" slapped down +Fellay and his plan. But how could that be? Most of those who attended were personally chosen and placed in power by +Fellay (and his 2 right-hand men)!
Who is part of the General Chapter?
From the SSPX website:
The General Chapter is composed of 40 people designated by their “office,” that is to say, their function in the Society’s work. By office they are the standing Superior General and his two assistants, the bishops, the former superior generals, the Secretary General and the Bursar General, the district superiors, the rectors of the major seminaries, and the superiors of the autonomous houses. It also includes in its number the most senior priests who do not hold the above mentioned charges or offices in number equal to one-third of the number of members by office. These Chapter attendees are called “capitularies”.
So 30 of the members are those placed in power by +Fellay.
10 members are there based purely on their seniority, who MAY or MAY NOT be behind +Fellay in his compromising ways.
Remember, this same General Chapter kicked +Williamson to the curb a few years ago. So they're not exactly "conservative SSPX"!