Testimony of Gary Giuffre
Mr. Giuffre wrote at least five parts of a series Exile of the Pope Elect, which appeared in Sangre de Cristo Newsnotes edited by Daniel Jones of Westcliffe, Colorado in the late 1980's and early 1990's. (Newer reports indicate eight parts.)Part III is significant, as it shows the claim as reported by Giuffre and Tan Van Khoat after Fr. Khoat's visit with Siri, but prior to Siri's death on May 2, 1989. This webmaster personally met with Tran Van Khoat in late October of 1988 in order to obtain information on whether or not Siri was Pope. Tran Van Khoat merely said that Siri said: it is a secret. The title Exile of the Pope Elect indicates that Siri was never Pope. Mr. Giuffre is part of Traditional Catholics of Greater Houston Inc., which runs Saint Jude's Shrine, a Traditionalist chapel, at which a variety of priests have served including a Thuc Bishop and Marcel Lefebvre. It is interesting to note one story. One of Lefebvre's priests serving Saint Jude's Shrine, was found to be in to hard core pornography. This was discovered, during routine cleaning of the priest's apartment. Since Lefebvre was due for confirmations in May of 1976, Giuffre waited and confronted Lefebvre with the evidence. Instead of dismissing the priest, Lefebvre promoted him throughout the next seveal years, although this priest eventually departed from the Society of Saint Pius X. The intersting point to this story is that despite knowing of this, Giuffre on two occasions indicated in letters that he wanted to seek Lefebvre's help in establishing Siri in the Papacy! Soon one of Giuffre's stellar priests, Peter Tran Van Khoat departed for a time from the Siri position to Lefebvre's position in regard to the Papacy. Despite knowing this, Giuffre retained him as priest for Saint Jude's Shrine.On May 25, 1989, David Bawden wrote to Gary Giuffre to to tell him that with Siri's death he was not with the Papal Election effort. Bawden is still waiting for a reply.
Testimony of Gary Giuffre
Exile of the Pope Elect, which means Siri was never Pope!
