The last Bishop was the worst. Bishop Anthony O'Connell. He actually called/emailed/faxes priests to go to the Cathedral for a special meeting. Unbeknownst to them was Bishop O'Connell's actions in queerdom or the real reason they were asked to come to the Cathedral. The Bishop wanted them there while he admitted he'd been caught with kids with his cassock off, so as to appear they were there suporting him. I know one Priest very well who was ROYALLY RIPPED.
My personal experience with Bishop Barbarito has been minimal - and unsatisfying. The Palm Beach Post printed a horrible editorial written by a priest-theologian-teacher from the local Seminary. I responded to the PBP and cited his commments and Catholic Doctrine illustrating his errors and copied Bishop B. and the Diocese. I asked for a response.
The PBP didn't print my letter. (They seldom do). The Bishop/Chancery didn't respomd to me (proly too busy I guess).
C'est la vie
Wow. I didn't know you lived in Palm Beach. That's probably almost as bad as living in St. Pete's - but then, didn't Lynch do a stint in Palm Beach, too? I don't know why these bishops are being left in place. Lynch should have been gone long before the Terri Schiavo case broke, simply because he is known as Bishop Speedo for his fondness for photographing hunks in Speedos and because of the sexual harrassment suit successfully filed by a male lay employee. His performance in the Schiavo case was so awful that he should have been canned immediately upon his return to the US. But he's still there.
Florida flies below the radar, but we have some truly awful bishops, and our seminary (Boynton Beach) has been a notorious Pink Palace for years. I believe the latter is changing, but until there's some major transformations down south (your area) and on the Gulf, things will remain bad here. I'm lucky to have a good bishop here in St. Augustine, and I think the Orlando bishop is pretty good too, from what I've heard.