"I can honestly say I don't understand how the Spirit works". When the Holy Spirit of Jesus has a job for you to do, you'll definitely know it. The slow pace initially was due to entrenched evil.There were only a few whistleblowers at first. I think particularly of a friend,  the parent of one of the victims in our county, who worked tirelessly to illuminate the problem as well as to encourage state legislation to move the statute of limitations back so that more victims from earlier years  might come forward; thus proving that clerical abuse was a systemic thing. He was treated with such great distain by the bishop's henchmen and died an angry but  true martyr for the cause. Other voices took over, of course,  and you can be proud that you are one of them. 
Hope your wife enjoys her new eyes as much as I hope to enjoy mine.