Beautiful and as always, extremely well said by Merton. 
Mertons thinking could put a lump in my throat. 
Unfortunately those who NEVER challenge the church are the very ones who inadvertently support/allow such behavior. God may forgive them, but I cannot. 
BTW, Nearly all of the people on this website also very much abhor the church's pedophiles. Unfortunately, this has been going on for at least 1000yrs and will likely never end. The chuirch just seems to attract these kind of clerics.
I know this idea sounds strange, but the church could put a serious dent or even a huge dent into clergy pedophiles by only taking married men into the priesthood.

just a thought...