Bishops don't 'prosecute'; the legal system does that. Unfortunately, some folks were cowed by their Bishops into NOT pressing charges all those years ago. If more had done so, the problem would not have gotten as bad as it did.
Pardon the misuse of the word. I know what prosecute means. The point is the same.
Does anyone seriously think all homosexual/pedophile priests are on the parish level?
Does anyone really expect a ‘purge’ to be conducted by high church officials who fear being purged themselves? Why do you think those Bishops ‘cowed’ people into not pressing charges?
Did they know how huge the problem was and wanted to ‘protect’ the Church-reasoning that homosexual/pedophile priests were better than none; or did they also fear being brought down by the guilty priests they would have to turn over?
This is CYA ( no pun intended) on a massive level.
Semantics aside- does anyone think homosexual/pedophile Bishops, Archbishops etc want to really purge the Church of their kind?
There can be prosecutions within the Church for violations of canon law. Such trials are rare both in the Latin and Orthodox churches, though they do happen even nowdays.