[Wessex]

"It's the kind of rhetoric that actually harms the traditionalist movement. It's no wonder that most bishops are compelled to keep traditionalists at arms length. The style alone reveals a malice that cannot be attributed to even a shadow of authentic Catholicism."


Nothing can be achieved by being docile today. Those in authority have perfected the art of staying in power my all manner of ruses, lies and deceptions. Traditionalists must realise that any negotiation with bishops, progressive or conservative, will always be at the expense of the Catholic faith. Much better to see the new order sink deeper and deeper into the mire, choking on its humanisms, ecumenisms and depravities.

[sempertrad]

"It's the kind of rhetoric that actually harms the traditionalist movement. It's no wonder that most bishops are compelled to keep traditionalists at arms length. The style alone reveals a malice that cannot be attributed to even a shadow of authentic Catholicism."

I think that it boils down to Trads saying, "enough is enough." Many Trads have expressed respectful concern in writting to members of the hierarchy about the things listed in Bendell's letter, only to receive a false sense of assurance that great pains are being taken to correct something, getting the the classic, "I feel your pain", or sometimes left completely ignored.

For better or for worse, it sometimes takes using strong words to get others to take notice and take action if past respectful attempts have been rebuffed. You see "malice" in the letter, and I see a guy who is justifiably fed up. And I don't see anything unCatholic about expressing outrage over scandal.