Of course they don't.

Your contacts are all disgruntled, staffers of the ramparts, enemies of authority, and grinders of axes. 

The priest in question is fulfilling his vocation, but apparently not genuflecting to individuals who were used to getting things their way.

If the consensus here was that dogs have five legs, dogs would still have four legs.

As far as Canon Law goes, try this on:

Canon 212 ß1 Christ's faithful, conscious of their own responsibility, are BOUND TO SHOW CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE to what the SACRED PASTORS, who represent Christ, declare as teachers of the faith and PRESCRIBE AS RULERS of the Church. 

Generally if we live long enough we run into one or more pastors that do not spin our particular propellers. Engaging in a prolonged tilt at a windmill in a futile power struggle is not indicative of a productive frame of mind.