Both JPII and Benedict XVI were godly men. Maybe JPII was not the best administrator, I don’t know. Benedict XVI worked hard to get rid of bad priests - not just “reassign” them. You must know that both men had the right enemies. Benedict knew he was getting frail and it would take someone younger to finish cleaning house. Well, that didn’t work out too well.
Benedict knew how to keep the church in order. All of Bergoglio’s misdoings are on purpose