In the autumn of 1984, the priests sought out a sedevacantist bishop to ordain clergy for the congregation, and found Bishop George Musey of Galveston, Texas, whose episcopal lineage can be traced to Bishop Ngô Đình Thục. In 1985, three of the four remaining priests formally and publicly took an "Abjuration of Error and Profession of Faith "ad cautelam"" before Musey in case, through their previous actions, they had incurred any ecclesiastical censures. Musey then conditionally ordained them, although he publicly stated he personally had no doubts as to the validity of their earlier ordinations.