No money has "attracted" the attention of the IRS. The IRS has nothing whatsoever to do with the Bp. Zurek / Fr. Pavone story.
... does a Bishop bear any or no accountability for the monies from some priest’s ministry ....
Bp. Zurek bears no responsibility for the financing of Priests for Life. The national organization is incorporated in Staten Island, New York, in Abp. Dolan's jurisdiction. Fr. Pavone has always submitted quarterly financial statements from PFL to Bp. Zurek as a courtesy to show the good stewardship of the PFL, and also to affirm that he is not profitting personally from the PFL (he receives no salary, but PFL does pay for his travel, room & board, and incidental expenses). Financial statements are primarily submitted to Abp. Dolan, since the ministry itself is headquartered in his archdiocese.
See:
http://www.priestsforlife.org/articles/3761-official-statement-father-frank-pavone
and
http://ncrnews.org/documents/pavone_letter.pdf
Thanks for the information. So if PFL is incorporated and the Church has no say, nor responsibility for its fiscal shape, why do you suppose Bishop Z. would bother to write up a complaint to the USCCB concerning that very issue, the fiscal question? To that, of course, he added the unfortunate personal innuendo, but basically the cause was, I thought, based on the transparency issues, for which the Bishop seemed to think he had a “right” to address. It is very confusing for others besides me, I will say that.