Hopefully the Pope can hand down the same sentence on this man the way he was righly about to hand down on the Vatican envoy to the Dominican when they were about to give him prison time in 2015 before his death. 

This whole thing is tragic not only because of the crimes being committed against children, the most vulnerable people in society, which is despicable. But it turns attention away from the Church's mission of preaching the Gospel and it's works of charity. Despicable people like this individual will now receive more attention than the thousands of priests and nuns around the world who do good work on issues ranging from justice for the poor, to helping those in prison, to the work of peace and ending conflict globally. They damage the image of Catholicism globally for the same reason ISIS and Al Qaeda damage the image of Islam globally even though neither group represent the overwhelming majority of Catholics or Muslims or the teachings of each faith community.