But he's in full communion with Rome.
As an active member of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Levada has served on more than 10 committees including the Committee on Doctrine. From 1987 until 1993, Archbishop Levada was the only American bishop on the Editorial Committee on the Holy See's Commission for a Catechism for the Universal Church. In 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop Levada as a delegate to the Special Synod of Bishops for the Americas held in Rome.
and we wonder why rome has difficulty tossing out child molesters.