I was a Protestant for 59 years, and one thing I can tell you after a few years of Catholicism - there are more - WAY more - protestants attending Catholic churches than there are who attend Protestant ones, and there are tons of protestant priests, bishops, and especially religious (a/k/a “nuns”).
I don’t think disciplining a few who are “out there” in this way will get at the root of the American Catholic rebellion, which is massive.
“there are more - WAY more - protestants attending Catholic churches than there are who attend Protestant ones, and there are tons of protestant priests, bishops, and especially religious (a/k/a “nuns”)”
Please clarify that statement. I’ve never heard of a protestant priest or protestant “nun”, and the only protestant bishop I have ran across is some black preacher on TV that calls himself a bishop.