I think priests should be responsible for their own behavior.
That's exactly why the4 Catholic church is in the mess it's in for the rape of so many children by so many priests.
Everyone can see how well that's worked out. It really put a stop to the abuse, didn't it? The priests, all on their own, just decided to stop raping the kids. Right? Right?
It just staggers the imagination to consider what kind of mind would defend those priests like that and absolve the RCC from being complicit in the very crimes they were permitting and actively covering up.