From Richard Salbato's own site, the very same one you quote from, NYer:
"In 1986, the Holy Father appointed a commission of nine Cardinals to examine the legal status of the traditional rite of Mass, commonly known as the "Tridentine Mass". The commission of Cardinals included Cardinals Ratzinger, Mayer, Oddi, Stickler, Casaroli, Gantin, Innocenti, Palaz-zini, and Tomko was instructed to examine two questions:
1) Did Pope Paul VI authorize the bishops to forbid the celebration of the traditional Mass?
2) Does the priest have the right to celebrate the traditional Mass in public and in private without restriction, even against the will of his bishop?
The Commission, the account stated, unanimously determined that Pope Paul VI never gave the bishops the authority to forbid priests from celebrating the traditional rite of Mass.
Regarding the second question: The Commission stated that priests cannot be obligated to celebrate the new rite of Mass; the bishops cannot forbid or place restrictions on the celebration of the traditional rite of Mass whether in public or in private."
The link to the article is here.
To be honest, the article as a whole is kind of lousy. Imho Salbato is a decent and honest person, but he doesn't always have it all together. I like the way he refers in that article to
"Feenitism" and the
"sedivicantists"; that's funny. But at least he admits to the above bolded text.
Salbato: just another layman. He does a good job banging on what I call the Medjugorje Schism and he gets bonus points for not liking the Legionnaire's of Christ, too. I like the guy; he'll most likely end up being a fully traditional Catholic eventually, and learn to spell on top of it. The future isn't that bleak. All in all, this is just more of your LayMagisterium stuff, though.