"... some people have argued that the sexual abuse crisis is a liberal or progressive phenomenon, a crisis of the post-Vatican II church. I don't know if you were one of them -- ...."

I would simply argue that a sexual crisis will occur -- not 'rape of children" -- whenever and wherever homosexuals who reject celibacy are inducted into a male seminary. It is not an ideological or liturgical matter, but rather,  one of lust, fraud and immorality.  No-brainer. Then, those who engage in it begin to cover for each other, form lobbies and issue  threats and blackmail against those who do not share in their deplorable conduct.