But they've shown they won't do that and so the secular authorities must step in. If this story is true, this bishop belongs in jail for reckless child endangerment and whatever else they can throw at him. Start throwing the bishops in jail and we won't be hearing about priests who've fondled 14 year old boys still in active ministry.
The Church should have always turned these guys over to the secular authorities. The Church doesn’t have a jail or a penal code. There are two prongs.. First, pedophile priests should be defrocked or even excommunicated (in the Maciel case an excommunication was warranted). Second, there should be punishment for bishops who knowingly cover up the abuses.