The lawsuit will have no effect on the guilty parties.
Faithful Catholics who had nothing whatsoever to do with this will be expected to pay the lawyers and the settlements.
Given the current state of the organization, the CC may not have enough to pay off the lawsuits.
I’m not saying it will be the end of the Church - but it will look much different once this gets finished.
It is no longer possible to hide the filth that infests the organization....all the way to and including the top.