McElroy is not in lock step with the majority of bishops; actually, out of line for them.
How would he apply his line, "He urged people to never be afraid to speak the truth, which lay in empirical reality" to the church?  Touting empirical reality will get him in trouble within the RCC. What if he were to apply empirical reality to birth control, condoms, right to die, etc.?  Did he mean to be a disrupter in the RCC?  Only outside the RCC? Stay tuned!