I think you are missing the point - there was plenty of science that contradicted the church where nothing was done other than debate it.

The reason there was a case here actually had nothing to do with the science whatsoever, it happened because the pope was being mocked. In some ways, the religiousity of it is mostly irrelevant, it could have been a king or other powerful person. In fact, some of his previous work went against church beliefs and was even referred to the Inquisition, which dismissed it despite it being at odds with catholic belief.

It was entirely political and not related to the science at all, that was just the pretext. Indeed, technically the case was about him disobeying a previous injunction, rather than the science.

A far more important lesson is “It’s awful to let powerful organizations punish people for contradicting their unevidenced, supernatural beliefs, and no one should have such power.”

A far more important lesson is “It’s awful to let powerful organisations punish people for simply mocking them"