Having now read the entire Cahill-Wilkinson study in detail I sense this study might have greater influence for change in the institution than anything else that has happened in recent decades — and even far beyond the child abuse tragedy and crisis. Necessarily Des Cahill and Peter Wilkinson have had to look at a whole raft of deeper systemic failings that have led to the child abuse tragedy and scandal and this might be the catalyst that finally does lead to some sort of change. This report helps explain the massive loss in morale and participation in the Church across the face of the educated, affluent and socially sophisticated first world. I highly recommend that every person who wants to be informed invest the time in reading the full report.
Brian Coyne, editor, www.catholica.com.au