For most of my life I wished I had a nice singing voice, but since I've lurked on FR, I've changed my mind - I wish I could write with clarity and meaning!
But seriously, thank you for your kind remarks.
In regard to the current revelations - and I'm affected by them with some immediacy because I live in the Archdiocese of Boston, and attend a parish in the Diocese of Manchester (NH) - it must be pointed out that publications like The Wanderer have been pointing out these potential problems for years. Now, I'm of the opinion that a steady diet of The Wanderer gives an unnecessarily negative opinion of the state of the Church, but they seem to be right on this aspect of things.
We're also seeing everyone with an agenda on the right ("It's all because of the Second Vatican Council!") and on the left ("It's all because of the celibacy requirement!") within the Church, and our enemies without ("It's all because they're pagan idolators who don't know the Bible!" or "It's all because they're sexually repressed!") piling on. Moreover, some of the victims' allegations are fairly transparent attempts to cash in on an apparent bonanza, though I'm inclined to believe that most of them have some merit. So, as usual, it's difficult to get to the truth, which is probably that there's a significant problem, though not a universal one, which would be best solved not by radical changes to Church structure, but by the hierarchy exercising its legitimate authority with greater vigor.
There's a well-balanced article by E. Michael Jones on this issue that I will try to post tomorrow, but now it's time for bed.