"And Catholics in the pews don’t seem averse at all to the Roman Curia and conservative hierarchs getting a bit of comeuppance".

A bit?  That is, for this Catholic, far too modest.  There's a huge hospital full of patients suffering from rather severe forms of clericalism and nomodoctrinophilia.  Proper therapy and medication, strict supervision, and, if need be, exorcism are in order to at least limit or mitigate the nefarious effects of this incurable condition on other human beings.