Are cloistered nuns considered especially vulnerable to the machinations of outsiders who tell them what they want to hear, such as the pseudo bishop in Spain?
Are cloistered nuns considered especially vulnerable to the machinations of outsiders who tell them what they want to hear, such as the pseudo bishop in Spain?
I could see that being a vulnerability. They spend so much time away from the world while putting trust in bishops (clericalism). It could create an atmosphere some bad actors could exploit.
But is it clericalism if itтАЩs a pseudo bishop? Or is it a charismatic, cult-like figure leading them astray? The reality will hit hard when theyтАЩre evicted from the monastery!
They may (I have no special insight) believe his position of "Thuc Line makes me a real bishop". And who knows if they understand what exactly his time in the "Palmerian Catholic Church" means. Some may think it's just a "traditionalist" group.
That eviction is likely to take some time. Firstly because there remains a тАШprodigal sonтАЩ option for the group to return with some new insight and repentance to the authority of Rome or to take matters to a public legal battle on who actually owns their estate.
In theory cloistered nuns should be especially shielded from crooked manipulators because of their seclusion from the outside world. I heard of one English convent where the nuns were told, in very vague terms, about the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. But no one told them that the crisis had passed until a worried nun asked the Superior weeks later.
All the various sedevacantist sects which I have heard of since the early 1980s have been totally male dominated. Not least because you have to be a male to get yourself elected as the "True Pope".
But the Internet now offers one obvious route for a worm to get inside the cloistered apple. And even cloistered nuns are given limited permission to go on line. If one or two overcurious nuns spend too much time on the crazier "Catholic" websites, any loony ideas can be imported. I do not know if this is what happened here.
Are cloistered nuns considered especially vulnerable to the machinations of outsiders who tell them what they want to hear, such as the pseudo bishop in Spain?
I could see that being a vulnerability. They spend so much time away from the world while putting trust in bishops (clericalism). It could create an atmosphere some bad actors could exploit.
But is it clericalism if itтАЩs a pseudo bishop? Or is it a charismatic, cult-like figure leading them astray? The reality will hit hard when theyтАЩre evicted from the monastery!
They may (I have no special insight) believe his position of "Thuc Line makes me a real bishop". And who knows if they understand what exactly his time in the "Palmerian Catholic Church" means. Some may think it's just a "traditionalist" group.
That eviction is likely to take some time. Firstly because there remains a тАШprodigal sonтАЩ option for the group to return with some new insight and repentance to the authority of Rome or to take matters to a public legal battle on who actually owns their estate.
In theory cloistered nuns should be especially shielded from crooked manipulators because of their seclusion from the outside world. I heard of one English convent where the nuns were told, in very vague terms, about the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. But no one told them that the crisis had passed until a worried nun asked the Superior weeks later.
All the various sedevacantist sects which I have heard of since the early 1980s have been totally male dominated. Not least because you have to be a male to get yourself elected as the "True Pope".
But the Internet now offers one obvious route for a worm to get inside the cloistered apple. And even cloistered nuns are given limited permission to go on line. If one or two overcurious nuns spend too much time on the crazier "Catholic" websites, any loony ideas can be imported. I do not know if this is what happened here.