You're not following the daily transcripts from Australia, are you?
If you were following the proceedings, you would have known that most of the Australian bishops and Provincial leaders, those in charge of seminaries and formation - they too are aware of the dangers of clericalism, and not a few of them have expressed surprise that some seminarians have started to wear the soutane, particularly outside the context of liturgical services (where it at least has some appropriateness).
One obvious reason for the power imbalance between priest (and other clergy) over their victims has been that many of the clergy had set themselves up on a pedestal; removing themselves in various ways (including clothing) from the people whom they were meant to be serving (rather than lording over them); and retreating within a clerical 'club' of like-minded persons, never venturing beyond their own type, not mixing with adults (women and men) but seeking to enforce a mistaken specialness.