What obligation do you have with regard to being properly formed in your faith?
Tons. Proper formation is key to being a good practicing catholic. Let me tell you the walk it took me. I left the Catholic Church (vat 2 baby) looking for something. I became a virulently anti catholic, looking to save all I could from the church. I studied my way right back into it.
I know that I needed to go through what I did, to get where I am. Many are not so, not sure of the word here, lucky? Blessed? to go through it. Some are like my mother; they have a blind faith, and follow the church blindly.
While that is a blessing, if you have a leader not worthy of emulation, one who is playing fast and loose with things like this, how would they know better? It is what they have always known, always done, nothing seems different.
I can only hope more Catholics WILL wake up and learn, but it should be expected from the majority of the church leaders (all would be impossible as weak priests and leaders will always be with us).
Maybe I have much to learn yet, no, I definetly do, but I have a dog in this fight, and while I commend and appreciate those who speak up, we need more of them to do it, and soon. You can’t allow half truths and the like to be taught or condoned through silence these last 40 years, and then be upset with improperly formed catholics.