However, "Forgive me for what I have done and for what I have failed to do," must be ringing in the ears of Bishops, Cardinals, etc. who did not act in a judicious manner in these case.
Do remember, though, that many of the leaders of the church acted upon advice given by psychologists and psychiatrists during the 70s and 80s, when common belief was that a pedophile could be cured. It was around 1987 or so, when the psychiatrists and psychologists began to recognize and treat the tendency to molest children and minors as an addiction -- which it is.