I'm not sure I see a way out for the institutional church anymore.The only possible paths I could envision would require restoring trust, and through that, rebuilding a healthy, growing community. I just don't see church leadership as being capable of doing either. The mindset at the top is overwhelming.

It screams that they'd rather see people walk away from the church, than have to address WHY they are leaving.  They'd have to admit that they have been wrong in the past, and require a "fuller, deeper understanding" on the hot button issues where the laity is now ahead of the church.   

This stuff gets to the very core of what it means to be a human being.  Can we really believe that God intended to have "classes" of humans based on the accidents of their genitalia?  Do we really believe Jesus intended to create a non-accountable ruling class to lord their powers over a dumbed-down laity?  

For me, it's not just their silence, their complicity: it's their stubborn refusal to see.