Actually, it goes back to the 1960s, when the archbishop of Boston decided to suck up to the Kennedys and the Harvard "elites", rather than defending the Faith.
In 1950, “Catholic” doctor John Rock (pal of M. Sanger), was killing fertilized eggs—embryos—in the laboratory. Catholics clamored for his excommunication. Cardinal Cushing refused. We now know that Cushing was in the closet.
You mean the 19-aughts. As soon as Joe Kennedy got REALLY rich, in the 1920s, he OWNED the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston. The Kennedys still own the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston.