Burke is condemned. If his ability as a cannon lawyer is sincerely valued, there are no reasons to throw him out of high court in the first place anyway. Now, if he fails and the victim/media complains, which is very likely considering his past records on such cases, there will be a new investigator to settle a result that will satisfy everyone especially the media in all costs. Then Burke's reputation and credibility will be greatly damaged, maybe his past "prejudice" will be dug out as while, then the pope will "merciful" spare him of harsh disciplines, but to offer him a "graceful" retirement; if he successes, his "rewards" will be other similar tricky investigations leave him little time for other things... Hopefully I'm thinking too much, however what happened in the past few months made me starting to rethink many issues...it's better brethren all dwell in unity, but when things go rough, "hide a knife in a smile"  is far more scary than open-fire...