re: #3 HypnoToad

You hear the phrase that “The coverup is worse than the crime”. In this case, I don’t know which is worse. I think that the Vatican realizes that this will eventually end badly for them. Too much is coming out too fast for them to control.

The crime relied on the coverups. Most of these priests would have been stopped early if action had been taken as soon as their superiors became aware of the problem.