Sam, I think the leadership in the church has been woefully lacking for a long time, and all too sadly, the Vatican seems ever more like a place for  unseen puppet masters, rather than a center for moral leadership.  Francis promised tribunals, then backed down.  So he set up a "Papal Commission," with a lot of hoopla and fan fare.  That group was rather quickly relegated to mundane stuff.  Even when it lost the last of the two lay victims, there was nary a peep from Francis.  His intent is pretty clear.

The church is already a war zone.  By their actions, the bishops send messages that they don't care what those they lead think, want or need.  It seems to be a race to see who can set the lowest moral bar these days.  

Frankly, if change would bring fireworks, then bring them on, for change really is needed.  What has the church to lose at this point?  Its credibility is in tatters.  If the leaders of the church can't get fired up enough to change over the sexual abuse of children...