>Bunyamin said the gathering would "worsen the situation." He said the dispute was "tarnishing the church's image."

And yet again, the church's image is what matters.  They define scandal as "making us look bad", no recognition or acknowledgement of the impact of their own behavior.

But wow, 69 priests saying "enough!"  Hopefully it was out of concern for the impact on their people and the church, not just fury at an arrogant authoritarian bishop ignoring them.