The only action that will be acceptable to come out of this is to have the RCC turn over ALL records of abuse to secular authorities, and to assure that going forward, ALL instances of abuse will be reported to secular authorities for FULL investigation, and those involved prosecuted to the fullest extent of secular law. Period.

Rules changes like no child will ever be left alone with any church official, even in confession. Establishment of an ombudsman independent of church leadership to report and investigate all suspected cases of abuse. Mandatory reporting requirements for any suspected abuse at all levels of discovery both internally and to local authorities. Mandatory screening of all church employees. Violation of any rule designed to protect children will result in immediate dismissal with no golden parachute.

Lots of other organizations have either proactively instituted similar rules or done so after such problems became public knowledge. The fact that the RCC hasn't done so simply proves they have no interest in protecting children.

to salvage the Catholic Church's credibility, and moral authority. I don't give'a about forgiving 'seven times seventy,' this has gone too far for too long. We need to move beyond this antiquated, irrelevant mythological dream, and take a run at reason, and human compassion.

Cover up better?

from the massive restitution that they will be ordered to pay.

Agenda:

Opening prayer - find a Bible verse that supports abuse. (shouldn't be hard)

Photo swap.

Workshop on protecting church assets.

Seminar on how to blame the victim and declare victimhood for yourself.

Health issues: Erectile dysfunction. STDs. Unwanted pregnancies

Closing prayer. 5 Hail Mary's

Really? February?

there's all that Christmas preparation to do in the meantime, right?

in people's minds. Putting things off is a common strategy.

To increase transparency and cooperation in abuse cases. Also they need an independent sunshine commission to investigate all the old cases and recommend improvements.

This would be painful for the church, so I don't expect them to do it now. But expect they will do it eventually. It only took them 350 years to apologize to Galileo. I hope we don't have to wait so long this time.

They are going to do the same thing every other time these abuse pockets come up. Fuck all. Well, they are going to make sure that the victims don't get to the riches held in The Vatican, but, other than that, they are going to doing nothing.

Oh, wait, maybe they'll promote the guy who hid things like they did last time.

Let me know who won the Super Bowl in 2019.

Any reason you have to think it's going to be different?

Those of us think that nothing is going to happen have actual history on our side. Those that thing something will be done are the ones that have no history to prove their claim.

Just one example.

of the RCC handling sexual abuse cases of this magnitude well. I'll wait.

You asked for one example of change in response to problems.

We're talking about abuse. Show me one time the church hasn't acted like complete bastards in response to abuse allegations.

We are skeptical because literally NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. Similar announcements and meetings have occurred in the past - with NO RESULTS.

Until this church does SOMETHING, I will continue to view them with nothing but contempt.