Bullies need our prayers.  We should not be afraid of them, and we should support the Church in the currently unfolding process of discernment regarding issues of human sexuality.  The most pivotal is the issue of apostolic succession and the *assumption* that it is contingent on masculinity:

Religious Patriarchy in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
http://pelicanweb.org/CCC.TOB.html#CHRONOLOGY

It is time to recognize the irrelevance of religious patriarchy after the redemption and the resurrection.  All other issues of gender relations can be clarified when, and only when, it is recognized that the sacramental economy of the New Law is not intrinsically patriarchal.