Well I tend to be more measured in my thinking and try not to inflate and exaggerate matters...e.g., "craving for money."   

Temperance isn't just a virtue for eating and drinking, but also for thinking.  It's good to practice a bit of temperance all the time in all areas of our life.

So I would disagree with your point and pry bar assertion (..and the rest of the short circuiting that went on with it).

Are bishops influenced by money...I'd say dioceses are.

Bishops are pretty busy people....and they rely on staffs of well meaning people who do what "organizations do": self protect.

It happens slowly...we respond to a hurricane..we get money...providing charity may not go very well the first time...so we hire a disaster relief guru (budget)....the budget gets locked in year to year....guru needs a scheduler (so they hire one).....and so on.