Pope John Paul II opposed the policies of liberal homosexual bishops and priests in the U.S. He appointed faithful Catholics as bishops. He also responded to complaints by lay Catholics. It had to be behind the scenes and not in public but he did try to oppose the worst policies. And he did provide an avenue for lay Catholics to be heard.
Archbishop Weakland in Milwaukee embezzled church funds and gave them to his homosexual partner. When church employees and parishioners complained about homosexual priests approaching teenaged boys he threatened them with firing and law suits.
Archbishop Weakland complained continually about Pope JPII.
Dude, I’m not necessarily doubting that they did all of that. What I doubt is those actions could have had such an effect on the instances of abuse that quickly and sharply, especially considering the crop of bishops that were there. And not all the bishops JPII appointed were conservative. That decrease looks like a cultural/demographic thing to me.
“He also responded to complaints by lay Catholics. It had to be behind the scenes and not in public but he did try to oppose the worst policies.”
Why did it have to be behind the scenes and not in public?
Freegards