I don't think anyone is an apologist. Everyone acknowledges the present situation and past crimes are regrettable.

Realistically, the church is unlikely to ditch the celibacy qualification. An unmarried priest gets about a third the salary of a married one. And that's pretty cynical, or perhaps I mean realistic. the running costs of the priesthood would sudddenly triple.

The church is going to continue. There will always be believers. It needs to speed up changes of things that really do need changing.

Otherwise it will lose the respect of virtually everybody.