Regarding: "What continues to thwart the work of the church in finally putting this scandal behind us is that the hierarchy has yet to undertake the deep and likely painful examination of the role the all-male clerical culture of the church has played in this scandal."
- It will help the church if the laity were not reticent in asking hard questions of their bishops and insisting that diocesan administrations manuals insure transparency at all times.
- Laity, especially those that lead households of faith, Domestic Churches, must never ignore knowledge of clerical high crimes and misdemeanors. Rule of thumb: if one thinks that the bishop has to resolve a situation like the rape of a child by a cleric, then one needs also to report the crime or serious misdemeanor to civil and secular authorities.
- To provide a path of atonement for the episcopate: all bishops should wash the floors of all the churches, chapels, and oratories in their purview before being allowed to leave the diocese.