From the desk of Joe Ratzinger...
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/resources/resource-files/churchdocs/EpistulaEnglish.htm
I’m reading that as the prescription, or statute of limitations, runs out after 10 years, or 10 years from the age of 18, if the victim was a minor when the abuse occurred. So they have until they are 28 to report the crime which will begin the ecclesiastical trial. How is this covering anything up? It says nothing about secrecy unless the seal of the confessional is involved.