Well, this is most fascinating turn of events, if not so pitiable. Perhaps there is great good in having pursued a canonical hermit's cyberstalking and doxxing that has gone on far too long. Now for an update.
Once the canonical hermit's diocese Vicar General checked into their situation with the canonical hermit of which they had no knowledge of being "theirs," they want nothing to do with the situation. It is reported that no one in the diocese--not the Bishop nor his designee, has been supervising nor directing this person who has promoted self as a canonically approved hermit of that diocese for nearly a decade and has made many claims of authority as such.
The cleric who handled this situation suggests I pursue it through legal counsel as a civil case against the person. They really want nothing to do with the so-called "canonically approved hermit."
The person from that diocese called with the rather surprising news--surprising due to the over ten years of bluff and bravado being eschewed, often with my being a point of criticism, libel, attack, cyberstalking and doxxing not only by this so-called "canonical hermit" but also by one of this person's online buddy, kind of like that canonical hermit's "fixer."
Sadly, I've not been the only one whose been abused in what the canonical hermit has written on the internet--yes, claiming a right to write "in the name of the Church" by virtue of much self-publicized canonical approval--of which her own diocese knew nothing of this canonical hermit in their midst. Yes, at one point, the bishop who approved this person realized who the person is or was; perhaps someone talked him into approving; but within a couple or three months that bishop left that Diocese.
I've requested that diocese authority's statement in writing; and then I will pray for God's will in pursuing it with retaining legal counsel or to let God handle it, solus Deus. The Holy Spirit will let me know which way to deal with it since I've gone through the logical and Scriptural ways of dealing with this person's wrong doings of which in that state are explicitly written in two penal codes.
All I really request is a cease and desist--and to remove my personal information which this canonical hermit has, up until a couple weeks ago, sprinkled into the blog the person writes, supposedly authorized by the canonical hermit's bishop or designee "in the name of the Church."
I had taken this step of contacting the person's diocese authorities not only for myself, but on behalf of the several others the canonical hermit has also attacked in online blog and forums. Yet, now it is most fascinating from the point of view of the question: Just what does a diocese or bishop do when its/his canonically approved hermit crosses the line into illegality--if not also crossing the Christian and moral line?
Perhaps the situation ought be pursued for the sake of hopefully more canon laws being developed so that their is a legal protocol within dioceses and for bishops to have some type of recourse in order to monitor and if need be, remove or whatever they want to term it, a hermit he has canonically approved or has inherited from his predecessor/s. There are processes for removal of priests and religious order brothers and sisters; it seems needful to have a procedure of canonical hermit correction and/or removal.
And, if it were simply a matter of having a waiver of liability, Dioceses would have been having priests and religious order brothers and sisters signing them right and left to avoid liability in civil matters of illegalities. Of course, we know that is not the case, nor would it stand up in a civil law case. Yet, much prayer now, and to seek counsel of a priest, in discerning whether or not to pursue and follow up this unfortunate yet abusive "approved hermit" and situation perpetrated to the next step recommended by the canonical hermit's own diocese. Mercy!
For those who have been abused by the canonical hermit in question, this is a cue to laugh at the turn of events, at the reality of the hypocrisy of the unfolding--yes, to think of how false it has been and how hubris--and the devil-- can enter into such a soul to put such grandiose claims in writing. However, in actuality, and at some point in temporal time or at death, truth is the victor.
It is no wonder, such as in this situation, why most bishops will not entertain requests from people desiring to be "canonically approved". Wisdom and prudence rules their minds and hearts. Why take on an added headache when hermits can do as they always have done--privately profess their vows, remain anonymous, live the three evangelical counsels, be guided by a holy priest and the Holy Spirit, and yes, make mistakes, but not break the law, for pity's sake--not the law of God nor the law of the land. Or, if so, then face the consequences without tainting the Catholic Church and the hermit vocation, both.
As for being hidden as a hermit in the midst of others, at least it does not reflect badly upon a diocese or the Catholic Church if the traditional, privately professed hermit flubs in minor or major ways. God knows; God will admonish and correct, judge, any type or hermit one way or another.
God is merciful; but also is God just.
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