Both are men of the people. The problem is that the bishops have been lead rather than led. They are guilty of the American love of success. If the archbishop of Boston had come out strong in favor of reformation, he would have been pilloried. Instead he talked like a conservative but did not challenge the powers that be. If law knows Church history, he knows what happened to St. John Chrysostrom.
You are so right, thanks. Yes, Cardinal Law was orthodox in what he said, but not in what he did - that goes for the abuse stuff and also the dissent in the parishes. He would have been pilloried had he been more forceful, that is correct I believe. What is hard to reconcile is how much people love JPII and a Padre Pio and a Mother Theresa but still pillory those who are trying to walk the same walk as the aforementioned while leading their diocese with them.
Human beings are sure screwed up. I can't figure them out.