This is why they are happy to see the back of him. I don't think he did much discipling in his diocese.
As for Walsh, he was the guy who was assigned to clean up the horrible mess in Santa Rosa, CA. In short, the sick Bishop there (Zeiman, IIRC) brought this boy toy back fron Central America and "ordained" him with no education, etc. He had only one purpose in the diocese. It's a very sick story which you can look up. Walsh came in to straigthen things up there. It is speculated that the diocese of SF might be his "reward". Not much of a prize if you ask me.
Thanks for the information! I have family in SF and go there fairly often, and I have not been impressed by Levada as bishop. We were very hopeful when he was announced, because he had a track record of orthodoxy, but he obviously found it easier to be away from the diocese than dealing with the real problems there.
Did Walsh do a good job on cleaning up Santa Rosa? I lived there for a few years but did not even send my kids to Catholic school because of the problems there. Actually, there weren't any schools except for a girls' high school -but unfortunately at that time, the bishop before Ziemann had some problem with a priest who was "involved" with some of the girls. Ziemann made things even worse, and was personally corrupt (both sexually and financially) himself.
The only thing that has seriously disturbed me about Levada is that he has been somewhat sympathetic to Ziemann, who was a classmate of his; but then, this is probably the same "good old boys" type of thing that makes Bush chummy with Clinton. People in a position of authority tend to support each other, no matter how horribly one of them has behaved.
Let us know more about Walsh! I hope he's wearing flame-proof vestments, because if he really wants to reform SF, he's going to need them.