I agree! And furthermore,I dont't want to see any kind of commission without priests or bishops in it.
We're hearing a lot of political rhetoric valorizing the laity and disparaging the clergy. Given the outrageous nature of the scandals, this is somewhat understandable. In principle and theory, there isn't a problem with laymen playing some role of
involvement in the Church. Canonically, they can't dictate to the bishops which ones must resign. The problem always gets down to
who precisely are the Catholic laymen who get involved, what level of knowledge and professional skills do they have, are they up to the job, etc. Keating has been a little wobbly so far. He probably didn't realize that his statements might sound somewhat un-Catholic to a lot of people.
We probably need a graduate and finishing school program in both Theology and PR for laymen who are going to be active in the Church. Any ideas for which bishop should be entrusted with oversight of the institution sponsoring such a program? [irony alert] Didn't...um...Keating go to Georgetown?