This is one of the disappointments of the bishops: our shepherds are themselves but cowering lambs.
My first disappointment was the moral equivalence between the United States and the Soviet Union implicit in their call for unilateral disarmament.
Another disappointment is the prevalence of misplaced compassion- compassion for the priests in this discussion at the expense of their victims, compassion for the lives of dangerous convicted murderers at the expense of justice, compassion for illegal aliens at the expense of taxpayers, public safety, and the law.
I am afraid that with few exceptions we are being led by "men without chests".
Alas, it was ever thus.
I take great comfort in knowing of the ancient bishop, St. John who earned the nickname, “Crysostom” meaning, “Gold Mouth,” for such statements as “the floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops.”