And add Charles Stanley - First Baptist Atlanta - who condemned the Rescue obedience in 1988 as hundreds of the faithful packed the jails.
The bishops then studiously ignored all entreaties to answer a few simple moral questions, like: Is it a mortal sin when the police remove obstacles from abortion clinic doors? The obvious answer is Yes.
They do the same thing now, when it comes to Communion-for-Pelosi. They repeat formulas like, “The Eucharist should not be used as a weapon,” and “The bishops must not be seen as beating up on one political party.” They don’t even THINK in the categories or terms of moral theology. To them, moral theology is just stuff they had to pass examinations in in the seminary. It’s not about REAL life.
The vast majority of bishops WANTED the job, and angled for it from before their ordination as priests. The guys everybody knew, in the seminary, wanted to be bishops, are. Only a few are REALLY surprised when they get the phone call from the Nuncio. From their behavior, it is obvious that they wanted to bishops in order to be ABOVE ALL LAW—Canon Law, the moral law, liturgical law, divine law—you name it.