If anybody would like to share their experiences, please do!
Because I think I’m heading this way and could use an idea of what to expect…
Well, I brought up several liturgical abuses with my pastor. He dismissed all of them as unimportant.
Example
Me: “Father, according to Redemptionis Sacramentum the use of glass chalices is reprobated”
Father: “Yes! Reprobated means encouraged.”
Me: “No, it doesn’t mean that Fr.”
Father: "Ok. But, I really don’t care what the Church says about it. It’s not a big deal."
Similar converstations were had about him adding his own prayers to the Mass, rewriting and paraphrasing the prayers of the Mass, and countless other abuses. Each time his response was “I don’t care what the Church says. It’s not a big deal.”
During this time another parishoner was questioning him about these same abuses. Apparently he brought them up alot more often than I because Fr. became incredibly hostile towards him. For instance during a talk Fr. was giving on vessels and vestments this fellow asked the person next to him if he could borrow his pen. Fr. stopped his talk and began yelling "I don’t care what you say! Cardinal Arinze says I can use a glass chalice if I want!
My coversations with this priest were always a bit more cordial.
So, I put all of my concerns in writing and quoted the relevant passages from the GIRM, Redemptionis Sacramentum, and other documents and sent it to the pastor. I never received a response. Several months later I wrote again and received no response.
So, I sent a letter to the bishop asking for his help with the liturgical abuses in the parish. I sent a copy of the letters I has sent to the pastor. After several months without having received a response I wrote again. Several more months passed and I did not receive a response. And then it was announced that the bishop would be retiring for health reasons. Figuring the bishop had more pressing things to worry about I did not write a third time. Around this time the pastor became a bit hostile towards me. He wouldn’t use my name. He would always refer to me as “the scholar” in a very snide manner. I suspected that the bishop had sent him a copies of my letters.
We received a new bishop. I waited several months to allow him to get settled before writing him about the liturgical abuses plaguing my parish. I sent copies of my letters to the pastor and to the former bishop. After several months I received no response. I sent another letter and, you guessed it, many months passed with no response. Then the new bishop developed some health problems and I decided not to write him a third time.
After his recovery, I know of 2 people who have personally spoken to the bishop and asked him for help with liturgical abuses in their own parishes. To each of them he replied that he would look into the issues and put a stop to the liturgical abuses if there were any. Over 2 years later nothing has changed in either or these 2 parishes or in my own. A priest recently told me that when he himself brought up the issue of liturgical abuses with the bishop the bishop told him “there are no liturgical abuses in this diocese.”
So, I know the next step is to write to the CDWDS but I am not quite prepared to do it. Being ignored by my pastor and 2 different bishops has been quite disheartening. It feels almost like they are fighting against me. And I don’t know if I have the strength right now to advance “the fight” to the next level. The pastor has been in the parish for a decade and has recently asked the bishop for permission (and received it) to remain there until retirement - another 11 years. So, I have little hope that a change of pastors will remedy the situation. This whole thing has been very painful for me for many years. For now I have just been attending Mass at other parishes in order to avoid the liturgical abuses.
James
I will literally draft it tonight. God Bless 
