I always thought the Catholics had more structural discipline for dealing with hateful Keith Olbermann type thugs masquarading as priests?
Why is this monster still a priest? Why hasn’t Pfeger beenlong since defrocked and excommunicated?
Because Cardinals Bernardin and George allowed him to. He says things to tear down the Church that they don’t dare to say.
Whatever a priest does (i.e., if it’s ongoing) is the responsibility of his bishop. If the priest is a heretic, and the bishop does nothing, then the bishop is a heretic. If the priest trashes the liturgy, gives Communion to non-Catholics and non-Christians, and cavorts around the altar like a clown—then the bishop might as well be doing these things himself.
This is how bishops like Bernardin and George destroy the Church—by letting their “controversial” priests do the smashing and ranting for them, while the bishop poses as a moderate, faithful shepherd.