CMTV: Cone of Silence or ... Cone of Shame

JMJ

I have to admit that I am enjoying CMTV's continued stretching to make something out of nothing.

Just to be clear, I mean that they are trying to prove that the SSPX is "Sympathetic to Perverts" and that is not true. Of course, I fully expect CMTV to shift their focus and try to prove something else.

The latest stretch is their accusations that the police department protected Mr. Palmeri and then send a letter to the Sheriff asking a bunch of loaded questions and 'expect' a reply.

Here's what they wrote:

Chief Derek Cid,
I appreciate your taking the time to respond. However, my call was in reference to the press release itself, and not on getting the press release. To that end, please respond to the following questions.

1) Your press release references an unnamed online media article. Are you referring to Saint Michael's Media/Church Militant and the article SSPX: 'Sympathetic to Perverts'?

2) I understand size and location affects technology and reporting from office to office in law enforcement (I, for example, am most familiar with Spillman). With that understanding, how does administration track police reports in your department? Do you record audio? Do your officers take notes? Do you have case numbers for every caller? How do people search for their case number?

3) Victims have reported to St. Michael's Media that their case was reported to the city police department. Since your press release denies having "botched" investigations, can you provide the reports stating you advised the victims that you re-directed them to the Sheriff's office?

4) Is it your department's policy to not do a report at all for a victim who calls, if it takes place outside your city jurisdiction?

5) In some cities and counties, there are sometimes overlap where city cops will take an investigation outside of their city limits and deputies will investigate inside of a city if they are the closest or most available unit. Is it your department's policy to do this or not do this?

6) You state that there is a concern for the perception of your department as involved in cover-ups. Are you accusing St. Michael's Media of libel?

7) In order to have the correct public record, are you willing to cooperate with follow-up questions to achieve transparency?

8) Are you aware that your press release has the potential to be used by the abusers of the victims who came forward to try and discredit the victims as liars?

9) Are you willing to correct your public press release to say that you do not accuse Saint Michael's Media of libel, and your press release should not be taken to mean that the citizens, who have been victimized, in your jurisdiction are liars?

10) It is understandable that someone who came into their position as Chief of Police in 2018 may or may not be responsible for negligence prior to their assuming office. Is your role as Chief of Police the first position you have held in the Saint Marys Police Department? How many years of experience have you had as a police officer, Sergeant, Specialist, Detective, or any other category within Saint Marys Police Department, or the surrounding cities and/or counties?

11) Are you elected to your position or appointed? If appointed, whom by? If you are unwilling to, as your statement says, "be fair, impartial, and transparent." Who is your superior in the civil government who I may direct my questions to?

12) Are you now, or have you ever been, in any way, an affiliate of the SSPX?

Thank you for your time and willingness to aid in the proper reporting and investigation of criminal sexual assault and cover-up. Your statement gives the impression that your department holds itself to the highest standards of policing, and I look forward to working with you to ensure that government transparency is maintained for the sake of the citizens under your care. Please respond to this email no later than 1300 hours, Eastern Standard Time, on 04/29/2020. You are also welcome to call our office number and request myself, [employee name].

This is not an interview, it is an interrogation. All under the guise of 'transparency' ... what is transparency in a Catholic world? Well, in the case of Mr. Palmeri, we know what he was accused of, and what he was found guilty of.

Recently, CMTV tried the same approach on Bishop Fellay (SSPX) and ended saying that they have yet to receive a reply. Of course they didn't really expect a reply right? If they did that would be delusional.

Then they accused the SSPX of having a 'cone of silence'.

Kind of a weird metaphor, they were probably thinking of this one ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_of_Silence_(Get_Smart)

However, it may be appropriate that Mr. Voris and Ms.Niles should be fitted for cones of shame.

P^3

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