Not all conservatism is bad Joe and as I have said previously, in the church a large measure of conservatism is an absolute necessity.

The church should be a defender of traditional values and never allow itself to be silenced by whatever is morally in fashion.
People like Maciel are not "the Church" they are an aberration which should be stamped out in the strongest possible terms.

The Church should forget about sickening, meaningless apologies for crimes it did not commit and offer up the real criminals to the secular courts.

If we really wanted an answer to why this abuse happened(which we dont), we would make every person convicted of sexual abuse against minors take a sexual orientation test.....will that happen?...never!