Sadly, the church has made some real mistakes in judgment over the years. This is another example of it.
The Catholic is based in forgiveness... remember 70 times 7. All you have to do is say you're sorry for your sins and the Church will forgive again and again.
BTW I'm a practicing Catholic and I still can't understand why they have the threat of Excommunication but seldom use it... even in the case of suborning abortion.
Kennedy, Pelosi, Durbin, Kerry and on and on... Including all the Catholics on the Supreme Court now and during Roe v Wade.