Correction: Another black eye for the cesspool known as the Archdiocese of Boston which in the grand scheme of things is but a speck of dust in the Church.
You are so right. The bishops in this country have been shills for socialism for years, and the socialist infiltration into the American Church is heartbreaking. Boston isn't the only pile-of-dung diocese in the country. Mpls/StP was another one, as, of course, is LA under Mahony. That generation of bishops is going to have a lot to answer for. I've many times expressed the wish to be a mouse in the corner at their judgment.
This behavior truly does diminish the Church in the eyes of onlookers. Giving scandal is also a grave sin, and these bishops who have not only allowed but condoned and participated in the heresy, sin, and mockery of their dioceses will answer to the Lord. For us still on earth, is is a heartbreaking thing to watch them willfully and deliberately drag the Church into the muck for their misbegotten "ideals." The American Church is struggling to restore its reputation, but bishops like these continue to thwart that effort.