From: Gordon Bateman
To: Prakash John Mascarenhas
Subject: re your website
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:21:52 +0800
Dear Prakash J. Mascarenhas,
You would perhaps remember me from the past. I also have papers from another naturalised Doctor from India living in the USA and I am sure you know of him: Rev. Dr. Rama. Coomaraswamy. I will attach his paper on the disunity of the Sedevacantist movement and I must agree with him here as well. I will also add another paper by Prof. Tomas of Madrid.
I also agree entirely with you but with a few reservations. We have started a website to try to Unite all the Sedevacantist clergy especially the bishops. For it is only from these bishops that we can restore the Church.
I'll let you scroll through this small website and then you may contact my relatives who are running it. The site is St. Gabriel
God bless you,
Gordon Bateman
From: mascarenhas prakash john
To: Robert Lyons
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Gordon Bateman
Dear Sir,
I would like to know why Gordon Bateman has broken with your group.
Yours faithfully,
Prakash Mascarenhas, Bombay, India
From: "Sacerdos"
To: "mascarenhas prakash john"
Subject: Re: Gordon Bateman�
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:21:48 -0600
Sadly, the former Cardinal Bateman has left the Church, has rejected the man he called pope for 3 years, has renounced his ordination to the priesthood and his consecration to the episcopacy (even though he will have the sacramental character of ordination on his soul for all eternity), and is trying to drag as many souls as he can away from their only chance for salvation.� We believe that the reasons for his departure can be attributed to the machinations of the Devil. One day Bateman was 100% behind the Church and the pope, and within 2 short weeks, he did a complete about face, and became as it were a modern day traitor to everything that is Catholic. He has criticized the pope in every way possible, finds fault in the pope and uses that as his excuses for "justifying in his own mind" his departure.
This schism which he is spearheading is especially sad for me who did look up to Gordon Bateman for many years as a spiritual advisor, and as a close friend.�� Yet, I try always to consider that schism is nothing new for the Church.� And all things that happen, happen at the will of Almighty God, either His positive will, or His permissive will. God "permits" such evils to occur to accomplish some greater good.�� What that greater good is, we typically cannot understand, but we nevertheless accept His will, and go on from there.
God bless you,
Fr. Robert Cardinal Lyons
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:09:08 +0000 (GMT)�
From: "mascarenhas prakash john"
Subject: Your Break With Pius 13...
To: "Gordon Bateman"
Dear Sir,
I have just learnt that you have had an estrangement with Pius 13 (Lucian Pulvermacher) and have rejected him and his claim, and I understand that your present effort is largely motivated by this. Am I right?
I know that I am no body to tell you this, but I would like to request you to cool down, give things time and not rush things up. We do not want to complicate things by adding yet another papal claimant to the already and scandalously long list of three conclavist claimants: Michael 1, Linus 2 and Pius 13. I understand that the Restoration is urgent, but undue haste, without clarifying the situation before hand, will only worsen it. That is, if it is your intention to convene yet another 'conclave' that will elect yet another putative pope... Remember, Rome was not built in a day.
Otherwise, this effort is good and extremely laudable and worthy of being pursued. This is not an initiative that must be lost because of vindictiveness against one particular claim party. On the contrary, the initiative must be keep scrupulously neutral. If any claim or group is rejected, logical and rigorous reasons must be set out.
Prakash Mascarenhas
From: "saint gabriel"
To: [email protected]�
Subject: Re: Your Break With Pius 13 & your effort at Unification...�
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 02:45:21 +0000
Dear Mr Mascarenhas,
Thank you for your letter - we agree with you entirely re your comments on haste and neutrality. All efforts are being made carefully and deliberately - with full consulting made with those who are gradually joining us. There is no urgency - only to make haste slowly as the adage says. We hope you will keep one eye on our website - and we will keep you informed of what is happening - if we may.
Re Fr Pulvermacher - or 'Pius XIII'
He will no doubt be eventually contacted at some stage - but the real problem with him is that he cannot think clearly on matters as he is completely overtaken by his preoccupation with witchcraft - one of the main reasons we left him...
Pray for us
D and H Mildenhall/G Bateman