Seanog,
I most certainly cannot disagree.  When people talk about a flawed culture in the church, I might suggest this.  Whether I agree with them or not (and I don't), I DO understand and respect that some folks will honestly believe that V-II was a mistake, etc.  I don't doubt their sincerity.

The problem in the church is that there is no mechanism for dialog over such matters.   THAT gets at the culture of the church: a culture wherein church leadership can function with no accountability, who can write their own rules, and who seem to think double standards don't matter because they still believe that in the end, the laity still buys into the concept that their episcopal caste really does set them "above" the rest of us.

I don't have answers here, but I know what the end result needs to be, and I think it won't happen with the current crop of prelates.  And I don't think there will be too many more popes (if any) before critical mass is reached, and the damage becomes irreparable