Sometimes in life you don't get second chances. The Catholic Church in Ireland probably reached that point of no return when the Cloyne Report was published in 2011. What that document revealed beyond any doubt was that the Vatican had actively sought to impede the reporting of predatory priests to local law enforcement in Ireland. Once that happened the final fig leaf of deference to the church's moral authority in Ireland fell for good, and the Irish haven't looked back since. When the gay marriage referendum passed in 2015 the people of Ireland sent a strong message to the Vatican: "we no longer believe anything you say - leave us alone." The collapse of the church in Ireland should have been a cautionary tale for Catholic officials all over the world, but like the TV commercial for the clean-up company Servpro says, it's "like it never even happened." As goes Ireland, so goes the rest of the church if business as usual is conducted. The people have spoken and they've had enough.