Kieran, you are absolutely correct Francis' failures re sex abuse are a serious omission, a serious counter point, to the image in this article. Precinding from any recent case where Francis has refused to defrock offending priests, is it your view that abusing clergy always ought to be dismissed? What about the idea that throwing pedophiles into the general population is inflicting harm on more children? As long as an abusing priest, having served his time, is willing to obey strictures placed on his freedom by his bishop, would it not be more moral to keep them in the priesthood constrained from further offending by rigid structures, structures society can not impose on them once released from jail?