No Mesorah wrote:
“Since we just don’t go into a church regardless of the reasons, the rabbis in question should absolutely not publish a responsa.
A Royal Coronation is a rare event and only a few Jews will ever be invited to attend one. Why write a precedent that any clergy could freely dispense to their congregants?”
Except that this happened multiple times over the past century and, yes, it was indeed used as a precedent by another “Modern Orthodox” Rabbi in NY. And, as mentioned before, “Vihyisem nikiyim” and the fact that this “Chief Rabbi” very publicly and proudly pronounced that he was going to attend this church ceremony, against the written psak and mesorah of Klal Yisrael going all the way back.
So, yes, of course he should have justified it – if he could. Instead, he stated that he was doing as did his predecessors.
Where is the halachic responsum for this supposed heter that is against mesorah and written psak going all the way back?