Pope actually does very little. This is simply damage control and window dressing.
The key to truly getting to grips with this problem lies in the seminaries. As long as homosexuals continue to be ordained, cases will always arise. That is why the Catholic Church has repeatedly stressed that men with "deep seated homosexual tendencies" should not be ordained. This was stated most recently in the pontificate of the mean, evil, do-nothing, pedophile-protector Benedict. It was received with the usual negativity from those who cry the most crocodile tears about "protecting the children".
Francis, on the other hand, when questioned on this topic made his famous "who am I to judge" comment regarding homosexuals in the priesthood when all that was necessary was a restatement of longstanding Church discipline.
"Hurrah!!" cried the non-Catholic (and some of the Catholic) universe. "We finally have an enlightned Pope who understands the world.....he's also tough on sex abuse, too, don't ya know?"
The whole issue is absolutely saturated with hypocrisy, selective outrage and faux indignation.
One of my favorite recent stories is the Child Molesting Meth Dealing Cross Dressing Priest who owned a porn video store.
He was a long time assistant and confidant to Bishop Egan who became a Cardinal.
Cardinal Egan is famous for retracting an apology. In it he said he didn’t do anything wrong as it pertains to the Scandal in Bridgeport.
The State Supreme Court ordered the release of over 12000 pages of documents that show otherwise.
Well, this is an interesting article
http://www.snapnetwork.org/rome_argentina_pope_picks_accused_wrongdoer_for_new_church_abuse_panel