Dear God, Steinbock is my bishop.
Archbishop Levada of San Francisco, a longtime Zieman friend and another of Mahony's chums from St. John's, issued a statement that sounded more like a testimonial than a farewell to a disgraced spiritual leader. Levada said he joined "friends throughout California and beyond in thanking [Zieman] for the energy and gifts he has shared far and wide.
I don't even know what to say to that. He's not just clueless, he's complicit.
Zieman, who declined numerous interview requests for this article, may have resigned his post at Santa Rosa, but he remains a Roman Catholic bishop. Since early last year, he has resided at Holy Trinity Monastery, a bucolic Benedictine retreat in the Arizona desert about 60 miles southeast of Tucson..... Zieman said, "I prefer that people not know where I'm at. It would be better in a sense if I could be here and get my life together...I have to think of my own well-being."
The corruption in SF and Fresno appears to go back far beyond the current bishops. As God is my witness, I would brave the Gates of Hell to escort these men there.
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When has he thought of anything else?