Only one bishop in the U.S. taught Humanae Vitae. Only one bishop in the U.S. taught the police that clearing the doors of abortion clinics was a mortal sin.
Of course, only one bishop didn’t cave to Henry VIII.
History is full of examples of one man’s being right while the mob is wrong.
My dad ran the Catholic Key in Kansas City for years. He would run this dude’s column and people would have choice comments to write in. The “new” bishop, Finn, forbade McBrien’s column much to my liberal dad’s disappointment.