They got Lefebre to agree to appointing only one bishop to carry on after him, then they jumped up and said, "Ha, ha, gotcha. We get to make the rules, and the rule is that we get to pick the bishop. Let's see, now, should it be Weakland, or Mahoney, or...wait, here's a guy who hates the Tridentine Mass, rejects the Resurrection, and rapes at least one altar boy every day. Perfect. Bye bye, SSPX."
That is absolutely not true!
They would accept Dom Gerard, Fr. Pozzetto, Fr. Laffargue. But our own candidates they would have put off, put off, put off. As for de Saventhem, he argues just like one of them! (Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to the Four Bishops Elect, June 13, 1988)
Here is what Lefebvre called Dom Gerard in his letter of June 12, 1988:
The Traditional Benedictine Prior, Dom Gerard,
Fr. Pozzetto and Fr. Laffargue were both SSPX priests.
Lastly, I wish to express my gratitude for the intention that you manifested to take into account the particular situation of the Society, proposing to nominate a bishop chosen from its members, and especially in charge of providing for its special needs. Of course, I leave to Your Holiness the decision concerning the person to be chosen and the opportune moment. May I just express the wish that this be in the not too distant future? (Draft Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to His Holiness John Paul II, On the Regularization of the Society of St. Pius X)