The Papal Claim of Lucian Pulvermacher
Lucian Pulvermacher, a German-American and formerly a Capuchin missionary in Japan, relocated to his native U.S.A. and became involved in the Conclavist movement of Kenneth Mock. Factions of this movement had previously broken off to elect the claimants David Bawden, who took the name of Pope Michael, and Victor von Pentz, who took the name of Pope Linus the 2nd. Pulvermacher followed in their footsteps, and being elected by his faction, took the name of Pope Pius the 13th.
An Australian, Gordon Bateman, was his principal ally in his claim, and was created by him a cardinal.
However, recently, Bateman split from Pulvermacher, denounced his claims. The issue seems to be over the longstanding and contumacious recourse to occultism by Pulvermacher.
I have investigated and corresponded with both parties, and I have come to believe that Bateman is correct: that Pulvermacher is an occultist - one who has, in disobedience to the Church's clear teachings, been indulging in superstitious rites - the use of the pendulum for divination.
I have come to this conclusion because I have been given a letter purportedly written by Pulvermacher defending his recourse to this superstition, and when I wrote to Pulvermacher's representative, Robert Lyons, he not only did not deny it, but in a rage, broke off our correspondence.
Links to the actual correspondence are to be found here: