Thankyou for this thoughtful article by Anne Barrett Doyle. Anne knows the truth of what the popes and bishops have been covering up for too many years. Anne Barrett Doyle and Terry McKiernan have developed a website where one can get more information on bishop accountability and what is really happening in regard to clergy sexual abuse. What I find sad is that Catholic judges, lawyers, politicians, police and parents are being complicit with the Church leaders in covering up for the sexual predator clergy. As a Catholic myself, I understand the deference that Catholics have for clergy and the disbelief that a priest would rape a child and have no conscience about it. The truth is children and vulnerable adults are still being sexually abused by some clergy who are predators and who are still able to use the priesthood as a haven, since the bishops are covering up for them, when the bishops think they can get away with it. 
Sincerely,   Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh, MD, MSpir