Neiderauer has been a true disaster since he has been appointed to the episcopacy. You can Google his name and “liberal” or “homosexual” or “Most Holy Redeemer” and get any number of news articles and even a few Youtube clips that expose his troubling decisions, etc…
Here’s a short list: Former Bishop of Salt Lake City where he opposed legislation against the homosexual agenda. He offered further scandal by soliciting a judge for leniency on behalf of “his friend,” a priest who was later convicted of brutally molesting many children. Upon the Vatican’s statement issued on the prohibition against ordaining homosexuals, in a newspaper interview, he spoke at length about why this new Vatican statement should/would be dismissed (paraphrased). He offered yet more scandal when he opined about the movie Brokeback Mountain stating that he enjoyed the movie and making further favorable comments about how it displayed the virtue of love. In San Francisco, he has allowed an openly gay-friendly parish (Most Holy Redeemer) to not only stay open, but he has gone there to celebrate with the “faithful.” About a year ago, he was filmed offering communion to two members of “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” an homosexual transvestite group that openly antagonizes the Church in SF. He later claimed that he did not know who they were???
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why Benedict XVI would have made this appointment. The AB seems to do the wrong thing at nearly every move and continues to scandalize the faithful on the West Coast. Side note: he is good friends with Cardinal Mahoney of LA and, I believe they were in seminary together (as were many of the current bishops on the West Coast).