Irish priest finds 'tsunami' of cases as he leads Vatican abuse battle

[MineralMan]

7. Well, I consider it to be very unlikely that his discovery

will lead to any changes. All of this has been known for how long already?

Really, only wholesale changes to the structure of the RCC hierarchy can do anything about the problem. It is the hierarchy that has enabled such behavior for centuries. The secrecy, the unwillingness to punish wrongdoers, the systematic covering up of such a heinous thing...all are in play and are endemic in the culture of that hierarchy.

It is a "divinely-privileged" male hierarchy, and that is the source of the problem. The problem will not be fixed until that is no longer a description of it. I see no hope for that kind of broad change, however.

As long as lay children are considered to be of no value, it will continue.