This is exactly what orthodox Catholics been saying for years. Heterodoxy goes hand in hand with bad liturgy, bad music, bad instruction, and all of this centered around dioceses led by politically liberal and theologically suspect ordinaries. Like the article says, there's never just ONE cockroach.
Paul VI (advised by the problematic Abp. Jadot) let these bishops run wild, probably due to fears of being seen as 'interfering' with American sovereignty. John Paul II tried to rein them in, but by that time they were too well entrenched to be moved without major scandal (which did eventually transpire).
The problem is that the Church is not the military or a corporation, and the Vatican cannot just swoop down and slap a bishop with a 2x4, or fire him.
Funny ... of course, we don't have to wonder how the froth at the mouth catholics can do no right FR crowd will react.
They'll react like leftists ... puking up half truths, distortions, and fabrications.
It's really unfortunate ... they make intelligent discussion nearly impossible.
No one says that Catholics can do no wrong. Indeed, if you were familiar with orthodox Catholics you would know that they have been complaining about these men for years. But I would point out that the problem with Mahony and his allies is that they worked against Catholic teaching rather than promoting it.
I previously stated that the church hierarchy squandered its moral authority by jumping on every liberal bandwagon …
Correct if by the church hierarchy you mean the individual bishops who over the years have betrayed the Catholic faith. False if you mean the entire order of bishops as the proper successors of the Apostles to whom our blessed Lord gave the governance of the Church. Thankfully the Mahony generation of bishops is being replaced by a new generation. By God's grace may they restore the church that our Lord has given to their charge.