What did Thuc do from 1965 to 1976 (palmar da troya) and 1976 to 1981?
In the C mri docuмent on Thuc's life they mention he went to Toulon France after V2 then the momentous moment for sedevacantists came in 1981 with Fr de Laurier sought out Thuc to get consecrated.
So what did he do for 16 years aside from the 10 days in 1976 where he consecrated 2 laymen and 3 priests as bishops who he just met?
What did he do??
https://cmri.org/articles-on-the-traditional-catholic-faith/reflections-on-the-life-of-archbishop-pierre-martin-ngo-dinh-thuc/
"When the Council (Vatican II) ended in December of 1965 it became clear that he could not go back to Vietnam -neither the Vietnamese, nor the American, nor the Vatican authorities permitted it. Thuc was cut off from Vietnam in other senses too-he lost all access to his previously lucrative timber, rubber, coconut palm and real estate businesses. What money he had brought with him, and what the Vietnamese congregation in Rome could donate, kept him from destitution." (The Sacred and the Profane p. 291 Cekada)
1965-1968
Thuc lived in Rome trying to figure out what to do until Paul VI made him resign in 1968.
"Thuc assisted in a Roman parish for a time and then at a Cistercian Abbey not far from Rome, at Casamari for 15 months. After this he was at Arpino and engaged in light pastoral work but for the most part he was treated as an outcast by the Vatican." (The Sacred and the Profane, Cekada, Pg. 291)
Thuc was kicked out of the Casamari by the angry Father Abbot of the monastery for reporting to the Vatican that an exhibition of nudes was to be held in the hall of the Abbey library, and the Abbot was reprimanded for this by the Most Reverend Abbot Sighard, the highest authority of the Cistercian Order. (Autobiographie de Mgr. Pierre Martin Ngo-dinh Thuc, Aecheveque de Hue, 1982, pg. 79)
1968-1974
Thuc was basically living in exile during this time. He hardly had enough to live on.
"It was at the height of the crisis in 1974 that Archbishop Thuc became associated with the SSPX, when he visited Econe to give a talk." (The Life and Legacy of Archbishop Lefevbre Pg. 74)
In 1976, Thuc made the visit to Palmar at the recommendation of the SSPX priest, Father Revaz.
1976-1981
Thuc resided in a small appartment in France (Toulon).
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Unlike Archbishop Lefevre who had money pouring in from all sides and who was a French native, Archbishop Thuc became an outcast and lived a very impoverished life after he was exiled and banned from returning home to Vietnam.