[ultima ratio]

This brings to mind the passage: "the lukewarm shall be vomited forth." I don't buy the argument the bishops behaved as they did because they "hate confrontation". They were willing to confront the parents of victims by hiring high-priced attorneys who knew how to intimidate and to impoverish the people they went after. When that didn't work, they knew where to find the money to cover up.

No, our "spiritual shepherds" did what they did because they lavished their compassion on clerical molesters and rapists--rather than on the thousands of boys and youths who were victimized for decades. It was more important for them to accommodate a priest-molester than to prevent kids from having their lives and faiths destroyed. If they had an ounce of integrity, they would resign. But they are too corrupt to do so.

[sydney smith]

They are not men. They deserve only our contempt for the outrage against young boys in the Church. Almost every one.

[BlackElk]

When you ar right yo are right. On this, you are absolutely right!

[Hermann the Cherusker]

They love money more than God. They may not say it, but their actions do.

[Maximilian]

I don't buy the argument the bishops behaved as they did because they "hate confrontation".

This reminds me that I just read Pope Paul VI's letter to Archbishop Lefebvre in the appendix to "The Pope, the Council and the Mass." Paul VI had the exact same reputation, supposedly good and holy but avoiding confrontation. Apparently he only avoided confrontation with liberals, he was more than willing to be confrontational with Lefebvre and other traditionalists. Paul VI's letter is as confrontational as you can get. He is not interested in "dialogue," the only terms he'll discuss are unconditional surrender.

This is the exact same situation with these bishops. They have no trouble being confrontational with traditionalists. Cardinal McCarrick just refused to let the FSSP say a Latin Mass in the Basilica in DC. No hesitation about confrontation there. It's only the liberals with whom they refuse to be confrontational. The reason is obvious -- there's no point in confronting your allies with whom you agree.

Let's face it, there are no good bishops, with 1 or 2 possible exceptions out of 250. You're fooling yourself if you think that your bishop is any better than the rest.