text: And by fighting for the rights of gay men to join and stay in the RCC priesthood, under a cover of public secrecy about their orientation, you too are encouraging this child abuse to continue.
  
  That too is a form of shielding.   The Church is wrong to encourage it, the priests are wrong to participate in it, and both progressive and trad laity should be against it.   It's a policy that serves no one but the abusive priest.