I was pointing out how this is the progressives' line of thinking; TRUE conservatives never use it.
Those bishops who enabled the pedophile priests were not true conservatives IN PRACTICE, they were progressives IN PRACTICE.  
A true, orthodox conservative would know that their immortal soul was on the line and refuse to enable any sinner, including a pedophile priest.
This what happens in the Church when it adopts the progressive, therapeutic mindset:
Pedophile priests are protected because they are 'sick' or 'sinful' and in need M-E-R-C-Y.
Now, where have I heard that word before???