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CMTV and the Thomas More / SSPX Victory

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JMJ

I was wondering if CMTV would have the honesty to post an article about the latest victory.

So ... I tried looking at the cache first ... but that didn't work so I clicked on the link and guess what... this is what I found:



So I went and searched on their site using their google interface and here's the correct link.

I scanned the article and found that this is the mention of the plaintiffs and I noticed that CMTV, instead of linking the highlighted words to the SSPX website, they linked it to one of their spotlight article "sympathetic to perverts".

The plaintiffs included two priests of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) — Steven Soos and Nicholas Stamos — and three Orthodox Jewish congregants — Elchanan Perr, Daniel Schonborn, and Mayer Mayerfeld.

Well, I guess it is safe to say that it is pathetic that CMTV is not even able to acknowledge that the SSPX does some good.

For reference here's the SSPX perspective.  More can be found here at The Remnant.

In a victory for the rights of the Catholic Church, a United States federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the state of New York and the city of New York regarding their orders limiting participation at religious services.

Spearheaded in part by Frs. Steven Soos and Nicholas Stamos, both clerics of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), their case brought in the Northern District of New York requested the federal court to block restrictions on public religious services.

After considering the filings brought by both the plaintiffs and those representing the defendants, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Judge Gary L. Sharpe ordered that they could not limit public worship.

As a work of the Catholic Church, the SSPX is dedicated to libertas ecclesiae (“freedom for the Church”). While respecting the lawful determinations of public authorities, the Society continues to uphold the highest law of the Church, which is the Salvation of souls. 

Judge Sharpe’s judicial order and opinion is available here. Courtesy of SSPX.org

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