You cannot get away from teh fact taht, until this affair hit the fan it was standard practice by the church to cover up abuses until it became impossible to do so; then the perps where shipped off to practice their abuses on 'less important' victims - this has been shown to have happened over and over again.
If it proves to have not been the case in this particular instance, then the Church have only themselves to blame for past behaviour.
Going by past records, the benefit of the doubt has to rest with the victims
If the Pope is not careful he is going to create the same situation Trump is now in in having to think twice about any country he visits - how many times have you seen people out on the streets protesting about a Papal visit - I can never recall an instance of it happening?
Jim Carroll