Wherever you have a situation where grave errors or grotesque mistakes of judgment dominate, this is the fallen human element which is present in the institutional bureaucracy which comprises the Church on earth. Just as an example, any of these cases of covering for sexual abusers among the clergy, these are either errors of judgment or a willing protection of fellow sodomites. Wherever anyone among the clergy acts, speaks, or makes a decision not motivated by the Holy Ghost, by sound Catholic doctrine, or sound prudential judgment, it's not "the Church" which has erred but this particular human being or the group of individuals who just happen also to call themselves priests or bishops. Just because someone is attracted to religious life does not mean necessarily that they are fit for that office.
Where individuals are not following the authentic orthodox Catholic faith (and, sadly, that's a fairly good slice of AmChurch), they are not representing "the Church." When Cardinal Bernardin or Bishop Weakland or Richard McBrien have ever pushed some "liberal" agenda for AmChurch, they have done so as ideological liberals and not as valid representatives of Christ and His Church. Where Bishops have failed to follow Church teaching regarding the fitness of candidates for ordination, they are not representing the authentic Catholic faith.
That some individuals manipulating the Church are members of anti-Catholic societies or are pursuing anti-Catholic agendas is pretty clear. People should not be hoodwinked into thinking that everything happening among the hierarchy or in the adminstrative bureaucracies of AmChurch institutions is coming from the real Catholic Church. Some of these people are not really Catholic. A person dedicated to any ideologically liberal position and who operates from a commitment to that agenda is not a "Catholic." The prelates who covered for sodomites or who are allowing pro-abortion liberal Catholic politicians to receive Holy Communion could not possibly be considered to be representing the Catholic Church in an authentic way. One of the marks of the Church is "holiness." Where the unholy rears its head, the clergy have defected from the Catholic Church at least in a de facto sense. Someone who refuses to defend the Catholic faith, is no longer truly Catholic. This may be tough to swallow, but then we do live in dark times. It is entirely possible for large sections of the institutional Church to be in a state of apostasy.
The American bishops need to decide whether they want to defend the real Catholic faith or join the ash heap of apostasies and heretical movements of past history. If it is more important for them to be photographed enjoying catered dining with celebrities and politicians, don't look to them to represent the real faith. As with other bishops who have been dismissed, God will sort out his own.