[Siobhan]

You are correct. The Catholic witness on FR has been completely sabotaged whether it was Stephen Hand and Company or the so-called 'ultratrads' -- who may well be SSPXers or even agents of the USCCB -- there is no way of knowing. But the end result has been a neutralizing and a disrupting of something that was wonderful when I first arrived, and I lament its passing. And I wish there were some way to put it right.

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>>>.And I wish there were some way to put it right.

Be not afraid. These things come and go, we've had these infestations before around here.

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[saradippity]

archbishop Weakland's resigned end of May 2002.

Ultima Ratio signed on as a Freeper end of July 2002.

Hmmm?Perhaps life was getting too dull after two months of being relatively ignored and without the power position to continue wreaking havoc in the Church?