This page houses all the correspondence with CACINA
Now this is really curious. Why would James Trimm make an inquiry to an organization, via the web, about the seminary? I wrote to Bishop Kelly, answering why I was inquiring and even gave him a link to my site, with the page that James sent out, siting them as the organization that the seminary was from. And offering to answer any questions that he might have.
This gets even more curious. Why is James contacting them and telling them what he has?
So, these are the facts from what Bishop Kelly wrote:
The Bishop Don De Cordova, who issued James Trimm's doctorate, is no longer
a bishop with CACINA.
It is legal for a bishop to prepare a candidate for ministry within his diocese.
There was no seminary for CACINA in 1995, when James Trimm states he got his
doctorate.
Any doctorate issued by the Bishop Don De Cordova, would have been on his own
recognizance.
Bishop Don De Cordova was not authorized to offer academic degrees in the absence
of appropriate
licensing
by the secular government.
Only the secular government can authorize an educational institution to grant
academic degrees.
Seminaries dont need authorization to train clergy, but James Trimm was not
being trained for clergy.
James
Trimm has stated he received a doctorate.
The Bishop Kelly does not know if the St. John Chyrsostom Theological Seminary
had the necessary
credentials.
They did not know of the seminary until these inquires.
The Bishop Don De Cordova left CACINA in Dec. 1995, because of a dispute.
And CACINA does not know of his whereabouts.
So just to make sure I understood the situation and to ask some more questions, I sent another e-mail to Bishop Kelly.
More questions for Bishop Kelly
Facts from this e-mail:
Bishop Don De Cordova operated out of Texas and New Mexico, in the mid 90's.
Bishops can educate candidates for the clergy.
Anything Bishop Cordova offered beyond that was a matter between himself and
the authorities.