Ecclesiastical Tribunal’s Acquittal Exposes Modernist Rot in Conciliar Sect
The Catholic News Agency portal (November 6, 2025) reports on a Spanish “priest” Francisco José Delgado’s acquittal by a Toledo “tribunal” regarding charges of “inciting hatred” against the Vatican bureaucracy. The “priest” belongs to a YouTube group calling itself “counterrevolutionary,” which drew complaints after one participant wished Bergoglio (Leo XIV) would “go to heaven as soon as possible.” The “Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith” accused Delgado of interfering with their investigation into the Sodality of Christian Life (SCV), while layman José Enrique Escardó claimed reputational damage. The “tribunal” ruled that Escardó himself damaged the “Church’s” reputation and found no evidence that Delgado obstructed the SCV investigation. This verdict showcases the conciliar sect’s complete abandonment of doctrinal coherence in favor of bureaucratic self-preservation.
Bureaucratic Theater Replaces Defense of Faith
The entire proceedings constitute a grotesque parody of canonical justice. The “tribunal” operates under the false premise that the conciliar sect maintains legitimate ecclesiastical authority, when in reality it has severed itself from the sensus catholicus (Catholic sense) through its embrace of modernist errors condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane Exitu. Consider the tribunal’s reasoning:
“It is necessary that there be a complete impossibility of exercising the authority’s discretionary act, and in the present case, the resolution of the aforementioned dicastery with respect to the sodality proves the contrary.”
This bureaucratic jargon masks the theological bankruptcy at play. The true Church administers justice according to aequitas canonica (canonical equity) founded on divine law, not procedural technicalities. By dismissing charges because the Vatican investigation ultimately dissolved the SCV, the tribunal reduces ecclesiastical discipline to a game of outcomes rather than principles.
Counterrevolutionary Pretense Masks Conciliar Complicity
The group’s self-description as “counterrevolutionary” rings hollow while operating within the conciliar sect’s false structures. Authentic Catholic resistance follows the example of the Vendéens who rejected the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) because it demanded submission to a usurping authority – precisely what Delgado and his associates maintain towards the Vatican II antipopes. St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis that modernists “put themselves forward as reformers of the Church” while destroying her foundations.
The tribunal’s verdict illustrates this conciliar corruption by excusing blasphemous speech against the papacy while punishing doctrinal fidelity. When Fr. Gabriel Calvo Zarraute joked about Bergoglio’s death, Delgado allegedly tried to “divert the discussion” rather than issuing a correptio fraterna (fraternal correction). This moral cowardice stems from the group’s implicit acceptance of the antipope’s legitimacy – a position condemned by Pope Paul IV’s Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio, which declares that heretics cannot hold ecclesiastical office.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Justice
The tribunal’s focus on Escardó’s reputation rather than doctrinal truth exposes the conciliar sect’s naturalistic foundations. The ruling states:
“The one who has truly damaged the reputation of the Church and its priests is none other than Mr. Escardó.”
This inversion of priorities – protecting institutional image over defending truth – constitutes a direct rejection of Pope Pius IX’s condemnation in the Syllabus of Errors (1864) of those who prioritize “human progress” over divine revelation (Errors 57-64). The true Church follows St. Paul’s command to “preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching” (2 Timothy 4:2), not engage in damage control.
Conclusion: Schism Within Schism Yields Only Chaos
This farcical trial demonstrates why sedevacantismo remains the only coherent position for faithful Catholics. The conciliar sect’s “tribunals” have degenerated into instruments of bureaucratic equilibrium rather than defenders of doctrine. As Pope Leo XIII declared in Satis Cognitum (1896): “The Church has always had such a structure that through her the most abundant efficacy of every kind of grace may be easily diffused throughout the whole body.” The modernist counterfeit offers only chaos dressed in ecclesiastical vestments, while true shepherds keep watch outside the occupied structures.
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Church tribunal acquits priest of charge of ‘inciting hatred’ against the Holy See (catholicnewsagency.com)
Article date: 06.11.2025