What he was doing was hardly a secret as an out of court settlement was made with a Murphy accuser in 1974 0r 5.
Weakland was a well-known member of the homosexual mafia. He had many friends in high places.
Whatever his virtues, JPII was not much of a leader or even administrator, and he avoided the hard decisions. It was only when JPII became too enfeebled to even pretend to deal with things that Ratzinger could begin to handle them. Since that time, he has been very aggressive against the gay lobby and this has gotten him enormous, insane, bloodthirsty hatred from them - and their friends in the media and the White House.