There is and Interesting twist to the story of retired Bishop Gumbleton going to Colorado to hawk for a bill to unequally punish the Catholic Church. Allegedly members of the Catholic press were shutout of the public meeting he was to have with a senator and that the event was changed because of the presence of these members of the Catholic press. So much for the transparency that the Bishop often calls for.
Blaine later approached Catholic News Agency to say that the reason why the meeting between the bishop and the senators was private was because Bishop Gumbleton had made a commitment to Church authorities not to speak in public about his opinions.
If only this was true that Church authorities (which would pretty much have to be his Bishop) had told him this. What I find difficult to believe that even if this actually happened is that he would actually obey. Obedience is not exactly the term I would come up with in a word association game mention Gumbleton.
Hat tip to Andy K for mentioning the story to me.
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Cd. Dearden created the monster and Cds. Szoka and Maida did nothing about him. Word is he has always been told by the latter two to keep his mouth shut, yet nobody had the gems to do something about it, and he knows it. He has brought so much embarrasement to the archdiocese, the Cardinal Archbishop(s) personally – nay, the Church as a whole – he will continue to do so until he converts or dies. He actually has more freedom to do what he wants now that he is retired.
I commented on the story too. I find your take more hilarious than mine, as obedience and Bishop-emeritus Gumbleton are frequently antonymous in my mind too.