Baby steps--what can I say? Breaking up and changing the culture that allowed this crisis to happen cannot happen over night.  It will slowly begin to change when bishops recognize that the pope is going to hold them accountable. Pope Francis is not my favorite pope, I admit, but I was heartened by his words on the sex abuse crisis.  So far, however, they seem to be only words.  The best thing Pope Francis can do is put the bishops on notice: they will be held accountable. 

Bishop Finn--I liked because of his ideology--but even I was heartened to see that he had to resign and was being held accountable. The problem is that Pope Francis didn't state that--and I didn't like that. Pope Francis should have made it abundantly clear that Bishop Finn was forced out because of his poor handling of the Shawn Ratigan case