The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in 2023 it had been looking into accusations of child sexual abuse in SSPX and four Catholic dioceses for four years. SSPX settled into St. Marys in 1978, where they started St. Mary’s Academy and College. The current pope, Pope Leo XIV, is seen as more of a centrist. Davide Pagliarani, said the church will remain faithful to the Catholic Church. Two of the bishops that were excommunicated in 1988 — then lifted in 2009 — were excommunicated again this month.