[choirboy]

The "exercise the pastoral leadership" includes the ability to openly discuss homosexuality within the church. (BTW, this article doesn't mention the word.)

Lawler was discussing the dynamics of the time before meeting, the meeting, and what is expected after the meeting. Not discussing homosexuality takes nothing away from his analysis. The import of what happened in Rome went far beyond the issue of homosexuality. It dealt with episcopal leadership (or lack thereof).

[BellStar]

No kidding (White Washed just like the Grave Caves Christ talked about) sic!

[browardchad]

Not discussing homosexuality takes nothing away from his analysis

That would be so if he had not expressly used the term "pedophile priests" twice in his analysis. Denial is what has led to this leadership crisis, and denial, through use of euphimistic terms by Catholic writers, further promotes the hypocrisy.