I was wrong to say in my prior comment that RCC officialdom is entirely corrupt. There are no doubt some well meaning and principled people mixed in there. It's just that I get so annoyed with their responses to a horrible situation that provides opponents of God with yet another arguement against the cause of Christ.

I hope that the ARC will indeed enact legal changes to force the RCC to change, Kiernan. However, since I grew up in Britain, I learnt to view the creation of a Commission with the opposite of correcting wrong doing. My fear is that the ARC will continue to do a wonderful job exposing the problem and the internal changes necessary to largely prevent the future sexual abuse of children. 

Yet I fear that the result will be the RCC admitting its fault, asking for forgiveness, and agreeing to study how to implement the changes, only for the Curia and the established powers that have blocked reform continuing to do so. If Francis resists ordering change, who will do it?