If the abusing priest retains his faculties and just does a few things here and there for people who don't know and therefore aren't offended......If the bishop who lies and covers up and puts the abuser back to a different parish is never taken down..... If those who stand up continue to be branded as outsiders and unfaithful..... If the commission continues to spin its wheels......then justice has not been done. 

If I may borrow from our conservative brethren, mercy is not looking the other way from sin. It is responding with compassion to all involved, including the abusers. The article states that laicization is the worst thing that can happen. I beg to differ. Leaving these men in place to continue abusing is the worst thing, and it is already happening. Inviting the abusers off the altars and back to the pews is not a great price to pay. And yes, this is a failure of Pope Francis, no matter why he refuses to act.