About This Website
Purpose and Scope
This website provides historical documentation and analysis of the Tridentine Latin Rite Church (TLRC) and the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (CMRI). The site compiles information about these organizations' development, leadership changes, and documented practices from primary sources, news reports, court records, and scholarly research.
The content focuses on verifiable historical events and documented allegations while acknowledging that perspectives on these organizations vary significantly among different constituencies including current members, former members, clergy, and outside observers.
Author Background and Website Status
The website is maintained by a former CMRI member who joined in Fall 2019 at the City of Mary in Rathdrum, Idaho, and departed approximately 18 months later. The author briefly married within the organization and subsequently divorced upon leaving. The site was primarily written and researched during 2022.
The author's perspective is that of someone who initially sought traditional Catholic community and practice but became concerned about historical and organizational issues that emerged through research into the group's background.
Current Status: This website represents a completed research project and should be considered essentially fixed in time. The author no longer actively seeks information about these organizations and does not plan substantive updates going forward. While the site can be contacted via email, readers should not expect future revisions or new content except in rare circumstances involving significant factual corrections or major historical developments.
The author's last involvement with Catholic organizations was in 2023 and has no plans for future engagement with traditional Catholic communities. Personal circumstances, including ongoing family legal matters where online activity is monitored, have influenced the decision to step back from active research and public discussion of these topics.
Methodology and Sources
Information presented on this website was compiled during 2022 from multiple types of sources:
- Primary Documents: Court records, legal filings, official church statements, and contemporary correspondence
- Scholarly Research: Academic studies, including Magnus Lundberg's "Alternative Pope Project" research report
- News Coverage: Historical newspaper articles, investigative journalism, and contemporary media reports
- Personal Accounts: Published memoirs, interviews with former members, and documented testimonies
- Official Records: Birth/death certificates, property records, and organizational documents
When presenting allegations or disputed claims, the website indicates the source of the information and acknowledges different perspectives where they exist. Unverified claims are identified as such, and readers are encouraged to consult original sources when possible.
This research was conducted as a time-limited project and does not represent ongoing investigation or fact-gathering efforts.
Editorial Approach
This website was developed with an objective, academic tone that acknowledges the complexity of analyzing controversial religious organizations. The approach taken attempts to:
- Present documented facts accurately
- Distinguish between verified information and allegations
- Acknowledge multiple perspectives on disputed events
- Provide context for understanding organizational development
- Identify patterns while avoiding unsupported speculation
The neutral tone was adopted both for scholarly credibility and to address personal circumstances where more inflammatory language could be misinterpreted or used inappropriately in other contexts. The goal is to provide information that allows readers to form their own judgments about these groups' history and practices.
The author maintains a critical perspective toward the organizations discussed while avoiding sensationalism or unfair characterization. This represents a completed analysis based on research conducted primarily in 2022.
Limitations and Disclaimers
This website represents one perspective on complex organizational and theological issues, completed primarily during 2022. Limitations include:
- Reliance on publicly available sources, which may be incomplete
- Potential bias due to the author's personal experience
- Difficulty verifying some historical claims due to limited documentation
- Focus on problematic aspects rather than positive member experiences
- Limited access to internal organizational documents or current leadership perspectives
- Information cutoff around 2022-2023, with minimal updates planned thereafter
Readers are encouraged to consult multiple sources, including official CMRI materials and academic research, when forming conclusions about these organizations. This website should be understood as a historical documentation project rather than an ongoing investigative effort.
Website Maintenance and Future Updates
This website is maintained at a basic technical level but should be considered a completed historical documentation project. No significant content updates are planned. The site serves as a record of research conducted primarily in 2022, incorporating available information up to that time period.
While the website will remain accessible for historical reference, readers should seek current information about these organizations from other sources. Academic researchers, journalists, or others conducting contemporary investigations are encouraged to treat this site as one historical source among many rather than as a current analysis.
Contact Information
Questions, corrections, or additional information can be submitted via email. Due to the author's decision to step back from active engagement with these topics, responses may be limited. Significant factual corrections or major historical developments may be considered for inclusion, but the author no longer actively seeks out new information or engages in ongoing correspondence about these organizations.
Former members seeking to discuss personal experiences are encouraged to connect with appropriate support resources, as the author prefers to maintain distance from these topics for personal reasons.
Technical Information
Website hosting and domain registration provided by Cloudflare. Source code managed through GitHub. Storage and email services provided by Proton. CSS framework adapted from Typesettings.css by Mike Mai.
Additional Resources
Readers interested in broader academic research on traditionalist Catholic movements are encouraged to consult:
- Magnus Lundberg's Alternative Pope Project and related publications
- Michael Cuneo's "The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism"
- Academic journals focusing on new religious movements and Catholic studies
- Legal databases for court records and official documents
- Historical newspaper archives for contemporary coverage