Following up on the press release and the study we published on Corpus Christi regarding dubious claims made by ecclesiastical authorities in New Hampshire, I will address another such assertion here.
On the website of the Diocese of Manchester, we find this false claim about Saint Benedict Center and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
In the past, the Bishop of Manchester has granted permission for a priest in good standing to offer ministry at the Saint Benedict Center. This fact was manipulated by the Slaves and the Center to imply support or recognition by the Church. To avoid any further misrepresentation of the status of the Saint Benedict Center and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, beginning 7 January 2019, Catholic priests are now forbidden to celebrate the Sacraments of the Church at the Center.
Father Georges de Laire, the Judicial Vicar of the Diocese and the signatory of the decree of precepts against us, stated something similar in his civil case against Gary Michael Voris, et alia: “the leadership of the Saint Benedict Center manipulated Father de Laire’s efforts to imply support and legitimacy by the Catholic Church.” (Civil Complaint, p. 10, para. 38; cf. p. 2, “Introduction.”)
From late 2010 to early 2019, the Bishop of Manchester granted a priest faculties to offer Holy Mass and hear confessions in the traditional Roman rite at Saint Benedict Center. That much of the statement is true. (Those who read our study — “‘Unacceptable’: Did...
Following up on the press release and the study we published on Corpus Christi regarding dubious claims made by ecclesiastical authorities in New Hampshire, I will address another such assertion he...