He’s very important! But if you don’t like the bishops who voted for the Eucharistic document to be drafted, just remember that 30-some percent of the bishops in the conference, I think, voted against it. And Burrill didn’t vote at all. So we don’t know which camp he is in.
Um… You might want to re-acquaint yourself with the story before making this analogy. It’s not that Burrill is a bad guy and the USCCB or the Church should be ashamed and held accountable. The latest news is that Burrill appears to be hooking up at gay bars using Grindr. The article above was sneering because it thought (wrongly) that Burrill was a bishop who wanted to punish Biden. And… I don’t honestly know where the argument was trying to go from there. Probably something about hypocrisy?
The fact is, anyone who is connecting this to the communion question is missing the point by a mile because they don’t care about what’s going on in the Catholic Church, they care about what’s going on in American politics. It’s not about communion or Biden, it’s much more about the sex abuse crisis. That was the USCCB’s biggest responsibility over the last ten plus years. And one of the many take-aways from all the investigations is that people with authority who also have something to hide–even if they’re perfectly good people–contribute to a culture of cover-up.
Burrill is also putting his and the Church’s reputation for dealing with the sex abuse crisis on the line. There is an instance of a priest using Grinder and unwittingly sending pornographic pictures to a minor who lied about his age. While a vast majority of activity on Grindr is between adults, it is also used by predators to find underage boys. There’s nothing wrong with Burrill (if the indications bear out) being a homosexual, but there is something wrong with him putting the reputation of the Church in this beyond-sensitive matter–what remains of it–in further jeopardy for personal reasons.
And because this has nothing to do with Biden, if you’re interested in talking more about it, I should remind you that we have a much more topical thread for shit-talking about the Catholic Church. Come join us there!