[ultima ratio]

Bull. Rose wrote to the bishop as a professional journalist and had every right to sue to redeem his reputation. The priest was out of line and so was the bishop. When a priest or a bishop supercedes his authority, he ought to be subject to the same consequences as anyone else. The Church gives no one authority to malign another's reputation.

[Tantumergo]

"When a priest or a bishop supercedes his authority, he ought to be subject to the same consequences as anyone else."

Funny how post Vatican II clerics cling to pre Vatican II models of authority when they want to keep the turbulent laity under wraps! ;)