They have learned their lesson from demoting Cardinal Burke.
Now the demotions and defrockings will all be tied to “protecting children”. The fact that they will all be conservatives will be coincidental.
“They have learned their lesson from demoting Cardinal Burke.”
None of them demoted Burke. Only Pope Francis did.
“Now the demotions and defrockings will all be tied to “protecting children”. The fact that they will all be conservatives will be coincidental.”
In Finn’s case - if he is ousted (which looks likely at this point) - it will be because Finn has shown he is not a very good bishop. He is orthodox. He has done wonders for his diocese in regard to vocations. He, however, especially over the last few years, has been a lousy leader in other respects: his failing and predictably ill-fated capital campaign, the new (and probably unneeded) high school, bad hiring (for years many chancery offices have been held by people without the requisite skills), dangerous loyalty (he stays loyal to people who harm the Church and diocese with their stupidity), spending issues, having no plan for the diocese whatsoever, hiding in his office rather than facing the music after the Ratigan debacle in 2011, his criminal case, etc. After the Ratigan case broke many of his most loyal priests, many of whom were the reliably orthodox priests in the diocese, turned on him because of his poor decisions. Few people in the chancery have much respect for him as an administrator. It has nothing to do with his “conservatism”. Many of them are more conservative than he is!