"Just depends on how much trust the Pope has in his brother bishops." - based on what comes from the American Bishops, I'd say any Pope would be a major fool or schismatic to trust them at all. Look how they have totally failed with the pervert priests - too many involved Bishops were active 'enablers' of the perverts.
Yes, and when the Vatican was informed of the extent of the problem in 1984, it did exactly........nothing.