Sadly, it looks that way. Surely somewhere, someplace, there is some standard where a bishop is elected because of a long record of outstanding holiness, piety, and defending the Faith handed down once for all, instead of "politics." I suppose I'm silly to expect such a thing, but then again, being a new convert, I keep hoping the leadership at large will wake up to the serious problems that exist. Silly me, what was I thinking?!?!?
They really don't cover that sort of thing in RCIA, do they?
Didn't Someone tell us He came not to bring peace but division? The more I examine the history of the Church the less I expect to ever see any evidence of widespread piety or doctrinal agreement in any period of our history. Our time period fits right in.
Perhaps we Americans can console ourselves that if we are messing things up mightily the Corinthians and Thessalonians were there ahead of us.
The floors of hell are paved with the skulls of bishops. - St. John Chrysostom
At this point in the revolution, always go by the thinking that anyone who is any good will either not last very long, be smeared into hiding - or both. The guy they placed in charge should be considered a foe until proven otherwise. The battle is real.