Tell that to William Tyndale.....
Since English language Bibles were available long before Tyndale his problems obviously had nothing to do with the act of publishing a Bible in English. He was a heretic.
Tyndale was tried for heresy three years BEFORE he published his translation. He was run out of England by that not-so-Catholic King Henry VIII and was ultimately sentenced and executed by the secular German Holy Roman Emperor, not the Church. Not because his Bible was in English, but because of the heretical content of his writings and positions posed a political threat for undermining their claim of ruling by Divine Right.
Why? Nothing prevented Tyndale from reading the scriptures. It’s a shame he chose heresy.