Gail, here's the thing.  Our legal system was designed to set that minimum standard society deems necessary to maintain a civil society.  The key word here is "minimum."  And that IS what leaves the church's bishops in a real mess.  The church has its OWN legal system that likely could be amended if living to a higher standard were important to them.  Even if they don't change canon law, there are still a lot f ways they could send a message that they expect more than the minimum from church leaders.  

Instead, not only have they thrown all the justice issues in secular law, they still hold a lot of documents back, effectively keeping their thumb on the scales of justice in their favor.  

What we thirst for, is a leadership that earnestly and strongly seeks a higher bar.  That start with what they CAN control: the matter of who leads.  A few have fallen, but not many.  The overall message is that those who lead can live to a much lower bar than what they preach to us.