http://blog.gaycatholicpriests.org/category/priests-in-trouble/
“O’Brien’s recusal is also important as a precedent,” said Terence McKiernan, of BishopAccountability.org, a U.S.-based documentation center on child abuse by priests.
“Many cardinals scheduled to join the conclave have been involved as bishops in handling cases of clergy sexual abuse, and some of them have done such a bad job that they too should recuse themselves from the conclave,” he said.”
I don’t know how many Cardinals there are or how this would sway the vote but I have to guess that there is a lot of political manuevering going on.
i’m all for whatever they do to bring a stop to the tacit acceptance of child molestation that they had in place previously, but I’m not willing to make any conclusions about what is going on that is causing this unprecedented purge of senior clerics. I think it will take a long time to find out who was covering up what, and how much change will be needed to correct it.