"Former Springfield Bishop Daniel Ryan, who resigned his office in October 1999 ..."
In spite of the overwhelming evidence against him, however, Ryan continues to enjoy the favor of brother bishops, participating in episcopal consecrations (diocese of Joliet, led Bishop Joseph Imesch), confirming youngsters, and conducting priest retreats. Bishop Imesch, Cardinal George, and other Church officials continue to maintain the party line's baseless denial of the facts, chanting the hollow mantra of "unsubstantiated allegations." Perhaps they still believe (even after Dallas!) that if they deny the truth together in a united front, and maintain the lie for long enough, the truth will just go away. This will not happen. No longer will faithful Catholics buy the party line from men who have proven they are not to be trusted. The press will continue to dig, to expose the truth. So will the Roman Catholic Faithful. God willing, we will work to expose the truth until the bishops go away.
http://rcf.org/docs/RyanUpdate.html
All too many Bishops are either gay themselves, or have had some manner of blackmail used against them - of one kind or another - to keep them from breakeing the "pink wall of silence". It is that simple. There are a few good bishops out there, but they are essentially powerless to do anything of substance, lest there be massive retribution.
This explains the seeming inaction, reticence, and out & out lying which is the norm. Also in this is the explanation for the wide spread coverup.
Bishop Lucas - Ryan's successor - as seen by the articles on RCF - has all the apperances of being a Mason. even if he is literally not, such things as his presense in a Masonic Temple would have him suspended from office, if the Church were functioning properly. But no - he is allowed to function, and to raise 24 million dollars for continued heresy, and other abuses of his office.
The leaders are Mahoney and Egan. Their history shows them to be the leaders of efforts to maintain the status quo. They are the successors to Bernadin - and were both close to him. These two literally have connived to protect, defend, promote, and reassign the guilty. They did not do so by accident, out of ignorance, or because they were forced to - they did so willingly, and conspiratorilly.
These men have blood on their hands - literally and figuratively. Young boys and men who have ben coerced into sex with preists pretected by these prelates lead broken lives - and some killed themselves, as they could not live with the fact.
And they have blood on their hands in other ways - there have been all too many murders connected to clerical sex abuse, in more then one diocese. The lines of connection and connivance lead to the local apostate Bishops....who are supported by Mahoney and Egan, and thus protected.
Of right, Egan should - as Metropolitan - see personally to the investigation of Hubbard of Albany, and to his defrocking. But that will not happen.....as they are of the same cloth, and belong to the same clubs.
We must pray very hard and say many Rosaries that prelates such as these either by converted, or struck down and sent to judgement, and thence to hell. But pray that God's will be done.
Because if God does not shortly cause their conversion and repentance, they will be taking the down escalator. And take many souls with them