Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Paparoma Paul VI ya sanya shi babban firist na Nostra Signora de La Salette a cikin taron na 28 ga Afrilu, 1969. Scherer yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan majalisa waɗanda suka halarci taron majalisa na Agusta
da Oktoba 1978, wanda ya zaɓi Paparoma John Paul I da John Paul II bi da bi. A watan Janairun 1980, wasu mutane da ba a san ko su wanene ba suka yi masa wuka da sata, suka bar shi a cikin wani rami a waje da Porto Alegre lokacin da bai iya biyan bukatunsu na ƙarin kuɗi ba. Bayan shekaru talatin da hudu na hidima, Cardinal ya yi murabus a matsayin babban bishop a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1981.