That he gave Fr Pavone a lot of trouble is a serious issue to me. What did he do to Fr Pavone?
(By the way, Cardinal Egan has about 2 years to go, unless the Pope makes an "O'Connor exception" for him.... which doesn't seem likely.)
In September 2001, Egan assigned him to a parish and told him to step down from Priests for Life. He claimed the priest shortage made it impossible for Pavone to continue in the same capacity. To be honest my wife followed the story much more closely than I did and she's not home now for me to ask the details. I believe Pavone appealed. Also, Pavone wanted to start a campaign targeting post-abortive women, but was told not to by Egan. As a priest of the diocese of NY, Pavone obeyed.
Pavone started his own order so he wouldn't have to answer to prelates like Egan.