[VOA]

The Church does have to be more aggressive in smashing the homosexual subculture and paedophilia, however.

Agreed, BUT...
the recent moves by the bishops of the USA (If I understand this correctly)
is a SAD, GIGANTIC step backwards for the Catholic church hierarchy to regain not
only the trust of their flock, but of the general USA public.

If the bishops proceed down this path...they will risk losing ALL the trust most of
America feels about Catholic institutions/charities/hospitals.
And make a lot of the USA think "hmmm.....now we understand why places like
Mexico put the kabosh on the Catholic Church."

Now I am admittedly shooting a bit from the hip...but I think I've probabl captured about
95% of the "zeitgeist" of the situation here in the USA.

And I freely say this as a Protestant who hopes the Catholic institutions
find their way again...
not that they become "protestant"...but that they live up to their original Catholic vision.

[saradippity]

I believe your lack of confidence in the Church's dealing with the scandal is based on your impression that the Vatican overruled American bishops. If I am correct in reading you,and if you are really interested than you need to know that you are not correct.

The arrogant,American bishops many of whom lost their faith years ago,if they ever had any,contrived,with the help of the american media, this little fiasco,with the intent of destroying the Church in America. They,with their armies of canon lawyers,chancery staff and USCCB bureaucrats certainly knew that the stupid policy they submitted was not workable from any level.

To cite one example,the policy defined abuse as "not necessarily physical or verbal". When you juxtapose that with the fact that "everything' was to be reported to civil authorities,and there was to be zero tolerance of whatever this ill defined everything is,you get an idea of just how ludicrous and audaciously ugly and mean spirited these evil men are.The Vatican did what it had to do and eventually this may be the turning point,known as the critical event that saved Christendom and Westerm Civilization.