Bishop Thomas Gumbleton: A quiet man with a loud message

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, of Detroit, the controversial Catholic priest, was a study in contrasts. Unafraid to challenge the status quo, he traveled the world — Vietnam, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan — to bring peace and social justice to its people. He supported gay Catholics and members of the LGBTQ+ community when the church didn't. He spoke in favor of extending the statute of limitations for sexual abuse lawsuits against the church, which loudly contradicted leadership and, he said later, ended up costing him his job as a parish pastor. And yet...