There certainly are some bad bishops who let things like that happen.
Personally, I wish the Pope would put his fist down hard on the bad ones (like I would) but doesn't because the bad ones would probably start a schism and start the "American Catholic Church" a renegade breakaway church. The pope can't allow that many souls to be harmed by schism
Of course that's just my opinion. Instead he lets the bad ones retire or die out andget replaced by solid bishops like the one St. Louis just got.
Shame that a Ramsey Clark thread gets so detoured. And it;s not your fault, as it detoured long before you got here.