When it comes to protecting our children, the pope and bishops must be held to the highest standards because of the evidence that so many stooped to the lowest.  Restoring their credibility on this score may or may not be possible, and clearly a lot of the bishops and priests have given up and reverted to pre-scandal behavior. 

Repentance seems the only answer as it was in 2002, but it hasn’t happened. Too many church leaders simply don’t believe it is necessary to repent.