What sustains the sex abuse culture is the lukewarmness of the lay:

- Our pathetically shallow and infrequent and insincere confessions.

-Our shabby and thin prayer life, "drive through mentality".    Stopping prayer when it "feels" dry or cold.  

- Our praying for "feeling" not for love of God (that is, praying especially well when it's dry / seems long). 

- Our dismissiveness toward the teaching of the Church about the purpose of the sexual gifts.

= The shallowness of our understanding about this teaching.  Our know it all attitude. 

- Our addictions to disordered sensual (not just sexual) pursuits.

- Our poor reception of His Holy Sacrament knowing full well that we are "receiving unworthily" (grave sin on our soul). 

- Our total disregard for Church teaching, while increasing the volume of our own complaint against the clergy.

-Our stirring of resentments and critical spirit.

No wonder the body of Christ is suffering.  

What happens in one part affects the other parts.