The world will be watching Seattle. It would seem this Jesuit Whitney and people like him will lead a “Catholic” mob to pressure a Catholic educational institution to accept as a Teacher and role model to Catholic youth, a man who openly violates Catholic doctrine. How the Archbishop and ultimately the Pope deals with this challenge will be telling.
It has been known for many years that in some localities - particularly in the US - Catholic institutions have been captured by liberals with only a passing allegiance to church doctrine, and in many cases an active opposition to it. There is also a very strong gay presence in the clergy, the schools, and the bureaucracies. I think that is obviously the case here in Seattle. If a local archbishop unequivocally asserted Catholic doctrine in this environment, he would probably have to shut down half of the churches and most of the schools.