The crises in the Catholic Church come down to four deadly words: "Good doctrine, bad discipline."
Here's how it worked in practice:
Ordination of active homosexual males has always been forbidden in the Catholicism: as doctrine, this considered definitive and unchangeable (Link). But liberal doctrinal dissidents (like Hans Kung), weak bishops, subversive seminary rectors and admissions officers for years ignored or quietly sabotaged the practice of Catholic faith and morals.
The background? Try Michael Rose's book, "Goodbye, Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption Into the Catholic Church" (Link)
The result? It's all over the papers.
The solution? It’s also summarized in four words” “To restore Catholic discipline.” Or even in three: “Become more Catholic.”
The bishops who transferred offenders around in the 1970’s and ‘80’s are now mostly retired or dead and gone, and during the “Ratzinger years” --- when Joseph Ratzinger was had of the Church’s doctrine office (CDF), or, as Benedict, Pope--- sexual abuse dropped dramatically. This chart from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Link) shows how reported abuse in the U.S has plunged:
The overall statistics support George Weigel’s observation in Newsweek (Link) that today one of the safest places in the United States for children and young people is the Catholic Church.