The allegation that the pastor is a "priest, who is 'on loan' from another diocese evidently because he had a turbulent history there" is a scurrilous slur with no foundation at all.

I made some inquiries in the Diocese of Knoxville through Fr. John R. Dowling, the pastor at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, and found that Fr. Christopher Riehl, a late vocation, was ordained in Knoxville in 2009. As with a number of priests in that diocese he is trained in both the current and 1962 Missals.

After going through some training in various venues in the diocese he was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Johnson City to a bi-weekly Mass using the 1962 Missal in response to 25 years of requests by the Five Rivers Deanery.

This was in addition to his serving as associate at St John Neumann parish in the Knoxville suburb of Farragut.

In 2014, where the article begins, he was incardinated with Bishop Stika’s permission in the Diocese of Charlotte, which is still short of priests.