text: Absolutely excellent exposition of the chronic nature of sexual abuse braided into our Catholic cultural understanding of power relationships.
  Lay persons hold up clericalism and enable it to continue, as family systems enable alcoholism and sexual abuse. Facing the need to become responsible adult Catholics means putting aside reverence in favor of respect, and requiring systems change and individual transformation.
  This, like all seemingly impossible change, is completely within our ability with God's assistance and our commitment.