Lay-led reform raises question: Can Catholic Church be bought?

https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/lay-led-reform-raises-question-can-catholic-church-be-bought
MGB: The Foster article reminds me of Napoleon going to Rome and telling a Cardinal that he would destroy the Church. The Cardinal counseled him that the bishops have been trying to do so fort 1800 years and have not been able. The same is true of any right-wing cabal out to discredit a pope who favors the poor over capitalist reactionaries, swift boat tactics or not. As for Professor Richards, he likely has tenure. Sacking him is out of the question. Rather, his think tank should be disbanded. More sadly, CUA needs money, so they will do no such thing. If its alumni gave any real money, they would not have to take the dirty stuff.

The Augustine Institute is badly misnamed than Ave Maria Law School (our Lady was a bit of a left winger if you read the Magnificat), the Susan B. Anthony Center (Susan was a friend of my great-grandmother and both were feminists) or the Cardinal Newman Society (may his husband forgive them).

Schlumpf's report's quotations say it all. It was reactionary donors that helped bankroll the cover-ups when they happened decades ago. At least they know where the bodies are buried, which is why they are digging where the bodies are not, instead going after the Holy Father.

As for the sexuality of priests, it is not the gay priests who offend (although such red meat will make some of the flock follow them, but only the human relics in the Knights of Columbus), but the Asexual priests whose lack of sexual formation leaves them helpless when their lust bubbles up to the surface. The Asexual crowd is also responsible for the Gnostic and Stoic legacy of the Church, which goes from Sacred Continence to Evangelium Vitae..

Busch is right, the people who covered up abuse must be marginalized, it is just not the people he thinks. Purity, it turns out, is not even healthy in priests. It certainly should not be forced on the faithful, both heterosexual and homosexual. When Jesus taught about purity and righteousness, he was talking about a thirst for justice, not some idealized form of chastity. It is time to out the Aces, especially to themselves.

The reactionary attempt at reform is actually another version of SIMONY, but most of the real laity will likely ignore Busch and his minions.  The real answer is for the many to take control, not a rich few.  The gates of Hell shall not overcome the Church or it's Pope because when it comes time to do so, the Church will change for the better. Reaction is never better.