All well and good, NOW. Why didn’t somebody stop it while it was going on? Some people, myself included, fought and were told that there is no room for your kind. Nobody in Rome, nobody in the dioceses, nobody in the churches did anything to stop the destruction.
Marble altars built by our grandparents were smashed; magnificent statues bought and paid for by the poor were thrown away and the Catholic Church is the worse for it. Even while these abuses that the Cardinal speaks of were going on, new documents came from Rome normalizing the abuses. So while his words are finally welcome, it is a little late to shut the barn door after all the livestock have escaped.
You are wrong. Those who tried to fight back were under the leadership of more 'progressive' bishops. Some left and joined the SSPX, others were silenced by being assigned to hospital ministry or remote parishes. It's still going on in certain dioceses. It is pitiful to see these aging priests who have been silenced. I pray they are still around to see these bishops retire.