[NYer]

It makes one wonder whether the SSPX faction that would like to fall into outright sedevacantism is gaining leverage.

I thought the following was most telling ...

Dear Faithful,

Unfortunately I have sad news to end the year. Some of you may have seen it on the Internet. Indeed Father Aulagnier, one of Archbishop Lefebvre's first and closest companion in the resistance, assistant to the Superior General, founding district superior of the French district had to be expelled from the Society.

SSPX - Fr. Violette's Letter to the Faithful

[american colleen]

Thanks, NYer - I hadn't seen the "Dear Faithful" letter written by Fr. Violette to explain the expulsion of Fr. Aulagnier from the SSPX.

Here is something interesting from the letter "The problem was not that he [Fr. Aulagnier] had contrary opinions but that he was airing them in public and trying to undermine the Superior General and the Society. This state of affairs had lasted long enough."

I am confused because really, the bottom line is that in this case the SSPX is guilty of the exact thing they accuse Fr. Aulagnier of, or am I reading this wrong?