7.8. I heard SSPX sometimes allows Novus Ordo priests to join without conditional ordination. Is that true?

Yes. The SSPX continues to allow priests ordained in the 1968 Novus Ordo rite to function within their chapels without conditional ordination.

This is a grave issue because:

• The 1968 rite substantially alters the form and theology of Holy Orders.

• These men may be laymen, not valid priests.

• SSPX thus exposes the faithful to invalid Masses, confessions, and sacraments.

According to Church teaching, doubtful sacraments must be avoided. Pope Leo XIII declared Anglican Orders invalid in Apostolicae Curae for similar reasons: a changed form and intent. The post-1968 rite closely resembles those same errors. A specific example includes the case of Fr. Patrick Girouard, a Novus Ordo priest accepted by the SSPX in Canada who functioned without conditional ordination until concerns were raised.

By tolerating these practices, SSPX risks the souls of the faithful for the sake of numbers or expediency. Only in the sedevacantist position do we find doctrinal consistency, sacramental certainty, and ecclesiological clarity.