“But the sheep, now having contracted rabies from their contact with wolves, and more ferocious in their own savagery than the wild beasts themselves, have always wanted to mangle and do violence to their Shepherd...”
Interesting metaphor.. hard to follow the logic..
Need further expansion of the logical operators..
Wolves - corrupt clergy
Sheep - laity corrupted by wayward clergy, who have now joined them in launching attacks on official Church teachings and on the Pope who promulgates them.
Wolf - e.g. Cardinal Mahony
Sheep - e.g. "pew potatoes" who follow his lead, and the lead of bishops like him.