I must note this former prelate is no longer in office, and had been out of office since 2010 when the decision was made in 2013. I would think that would undermine any official status his opinion might be granted by those who would use that to attack the Church.
And I must note that this heretic has been personally selected by Francis to attend his upcoming SinNod II.
>>Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the former archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium, who in 1990 tried to convince Belgian King Baudouin to sign an abortion bill into law. In 2013 Danneels referred to gay “marriage” laws as a “positive development.” Cardinal Danneels was infamously caught on a recording urging a victim of 13 years of sexual abuse at the hands of his friend and colleague Bishop Roger Vangheluwe not to go to the police. This is the second time he has been personally invited by Pope Francis to be a Synod Father.<<
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/family-leaders-alarmed-at-popes-personal-invitees-for-synod
Yes, but he was specially invited by the Pope to be a delegate at the Synod, despite the fact that he is long retired. Also, Danneels was known to be heavily involved in the particularly awful pederasty scandal (which involved a number of important clergy and also secular government people in Belgium) that destroyed the Church in Belgium. He shouldn’t even show his face in public.
He was replaced by somebody much more conservative, Leonard, who was immediately attacked by feminist and gay groups and was forced out by the left on trumped up grounds (for failing to pay the claim of a supposed sex abuse victim left over from Danneels’ tenure) this summer. The see is vacant but expected to go to Bonny - who openly favors “gay marriage.”