Interestingly, Bishop Sanborn did not cast any aspersions on Bishop Williamson or Vigano when he responded to the email question (unless I missed it).

And conditionals are also in a separate category, not typically announced with a great deal of fanfare ... if at all.

I don't even think it was all THAT secret, since Bishop Williamson has told those who asked him directly.  Given who Bishop Williamson and +Vigano are, I don't think we have any reason to believe it did not take place.

Has he?  Who has he told and who has reported that he has told them directly?

Yes.  So, do you think I'm lying?  I know two people who are in direct contact with Bishop Williamson who asked him, and he told them.  I won't reveal names, since they asked me to keep their identities under wraps.  If I had Bishop Williamson's contact information, I wouldn't waste his time by asking him again, because these sources are credible enough for me.

Interesting.  Who was this Independent priest who was OK with either STAS or Bishop Sanborn's seminary?

I'm guessing you're talking about Abbot Leonard (Giardina) in Alabama.  I spent a few days there myself, but just got a strange "off" vibe about it, where I didn't feel as though I would fit in there.  I couldn't put a finger on it, but my "spidey senses" suggested that something was not right there.  They eventually went Novus Ordo after Abbot Leonard died.

RM, 

In a nutshell, Vigano is a highly politicized prelate, the 8th highest ranked newChurch cleric under the Bergolio papacy.

We were told…  that he had a conversion to the true Catholic Faith and went underground, with the help of a couple Opus Dei Luminaries, who published his dramatic story. 

First Concern: In recent years, such international cover stories have been proven to be media deceptions.

Secondly, Vigano has had ties and knowledge of the clandestine Opus Dei who controls over 60 media outlets worldwide.

The disgraced Michael Voris ran one such operation known as “Church Miltant”.

Thirdly, in the past three years, Vigano has published hundreds of expose’s and opinions on Church scandals and many tangential political issues.

Several of his political opinions are questionable (i.e., Trump, Putin, Dugin) as are his repeated omissions of conspicuous, major factions, such as Zionism and Opus Dei.

But with his media leverage, his voice has become the equivalent of “Q-Anon” messaging the confused, conservative Catholic world.

The fourth point:
Last summer, Bp. Williamson, leader of the decentralized and stagnant SSPX Resistance, announced that Archbishop Vigano was, “The heir to the light of the truth”, meaning +ABL. 

What does this imply… that he is taking over the traditional Catholic movement?

Then, during this past Advent we are told by Fr. Chazal of the Phillipines that +W and Bp. Faure secretly gave Vigano a conditional Apostolic consecration.

There was no announcement,  photos or video nor has Archbishop Vigano acknowledged he now has pre-Vatican II Orders, which would indicate his commitment to tradition.

Now, we’re not talking about a simple Novus ordo Diocese priest becoming a trad.

We’re talking about a highly ranked Bishop, from the modernist camp, being put into a international leadership position of the entire Catholic remnant.

The essence of this topic debate is:

Instead of blindly following personality cults, we as Catholics have a duty to ask questions and to discern the background and agenda of this prelate.