text: Msgr. Capella says this in the article: "The Catholic Church should be a leader in child protection rather than a follower,"...
  
  I believe this is what so many of us have been saying now since at least 2002. I would like nothing more than to see the RCC become the worldwide leader in the protection of children. My concern is that in his subsequent comments, he seems to suggest that the path to get there involves leading meetings, symposiums, etc.  I would submit all of that can, and SHOULD wait. The church needs to get its own affairs in order first. It will not build the trust it needs to establish itself as that leader until I can prove that is truly committed to doing this right. That means outreach to its own victims, and once we get that down, to other victims. It means changing its own law and culture. It means accountability, and likely a generation or two of doing things quietly that prove it's commitment.  Grabbing pics, or giving talks does not a leader make.