"A resistance to change that is planted deep within the all-male clerical culture is the largely unaddressed issue at the heart of the scandal and has been since the first major story about it appeared in these pages more than 30 years ago."

The notion that clergy are beyond reproach goes back to the Middle Ages when priests were immune from civil law.  The forces of inertia know that their own power is at stake when the status quo is threatened.  That is why they and their friendly posters on this web site insist the RCC is never changing.  If the church is to flourish the forces of the status quo must be overcome.  Inertia on this issue is nothing less than the smoke of Satan.