Mokantz,
Your notes are cogent.
Unhappily, they do not appear to be doing anything significant to fix this mess.
I think the "ontologically different"  are irreparably damaged.'
With the exception of King Henry VIII, virtually every church disaster has been brought about by the clergy. The present structure of the church just doesn't work. While it willl not happen in our lifetimes, a future iteration of Catholic Christianity will be one without clergy.