The difference here is that The Lionhearted One is a micro-manager who fired a bunch of long-term employees and brought in his own "company men" and made policy accordingly.  He also spent a lot of Archdiocesan money fighting for his "pet" causes and flying around the country to crusade against "evil" gay civil unions and setting up little covens of the uber wealthy  to have his back...no gossip here, just the truth.  Catholic San Francisco is a village, and he is an incredibly divisive wedge in the village.  Pan, I know you always defend the hierarchy, which you are certainly entitled to do, but they are not always as holy and above board as we might be entitled to expect.