text: I would say that we do, indeed, know the "real" reasons for the withdrawal of the Sulpicians.  The history of the Church is replete with the same routine: local bishop tries to wrest control of an institution (usually from nuns) and create so much conflict it destroys the ministry from within.  The article above makes it quite clear, if you really read it carefully, of exactly how +Cordileone repeated the dysfunction of the hierarchy over-reaching its reasonable authority, and in a way that alienates just about everyone else.  I hope that Pope Francis takes keen notice of this, and removes the bishop from such an important see as San Francisco.  God knows there is a lot of other reasons to do so.