10-26-2023, 12:10 PM
It would be kind of cool if there was some truth in Kersey's claims. I mean, none of his entities has the real power to charter a school, even if they existed, but they'd be cool nonetheless. I think he just took defunct entities (that were dodgy to begin with, but may have some sincerity) and sort of claims them for himself, banking on no one being there to dispute his claims. For example, from what I can tell, the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi (ostensibly in Africa) was a fiction created by Archbishop Renee Vilatte to raise some funds. Vilatte is a patron saint of Episcopi Vagantes (seriously, multiple microchurches have him as a founder and at least one actually recognize him as a Saint). The guy made it up to sell some false knighthood, to finance his various attempts to start an Old Catholic church with himself at the head and some status. Kersey just took the pre-existing story, invented a continuous lineage of "Abbots" out of the whole cloth, and voila! - instant Prince. No one after Vilatte had a reason to keep this alive, so who would tell that Kersey's version is false? "Order of Corporate Reunion" and "Catholicosate of the West" are also defunct and were more interesting efforts (not serious enough to survive though). One thing though: "Catholicosate" is defunct, but doesn't "British Orthodox Church" under "Abba Seraphim" still active and kind of descends from it? That guy is serious enough to at one point join the real Coptic Church and be recognized as a real Archbishop (before splitting again). He could have said something?