if Pavone fails to show for a meeting that the Bishop has arranged and furthermore, he gets all lawyered up and wants to dictate the terms of a possible future meeting. Then in my book, Pavone has egg on his face, all other issues aside.
The agreement was to have a meeting and not go public...
The Bishop then put out a press release regarding the meeting.
At that time, there was an instant trust issue and Fr. Frank insisted on mediation, led by another Bishop.
Bishop Zurek ignored a number of Brother Bishops who offered to mediate (that is the pattern here)
Therefore, no meeting.
It doesn’t make sense to communicate with people when they can’t keep the simplest of commitments.