The whole idea that the hierarchy and clergy who are the perpetrators  of this evil pedophile scandal are going too bring about reform is absurd..They can be counted on to use obfuscation and denial. Do they really think that the laity would trust them with children and the vulnerable ever again? The incredible answer is that they probably do!
Their actions have called into question the very legitimacy of the church itself. The age of the clergy is slowly drawing to an end. The structure cannot stand. While none of us will live to see it, the future of Catholic Christianity will be one without the clergy.