If there were indeed a Jesus, Peter and all the others and IF they had the divine nature attributed to them, (there is, after all, a difference of opinion about all that), what I know about the legends suggests that 'true belief' in what began as a simple man with strong powers and empathy for other, does not require huge cathedrals, an enormous hierarchy, an entire city-state owned and administered for propagation of the faith, and a set of rules and a celibate priesthood to oversee those rules.

It seems obvious to me and many others that the current problems are a direct result of too much money, power and structure striving to retain all those trappings FOR the basic purpose of just having them, no matter what the basic message is supposed to be.

We see the same type of "close ranks and hide scandals" in police forces, the military and various political and corporate organizations. That used to be easier before all the modern technology made 'connecting the dots' and reporting abuses easier for both the abused and the investigators.

The church will need to EITHER adapt and clean house or face being broken up into smaller, independent groups.