It's hard to make people believe that you're the One True Mouthpiece of God if you admit you're no different from any other billion dollar multinational organisation. The church can't be wrong, it's everyone else who's wrong.
Has it ever crossed these Church guy's minds that if they crack down on the noncey clergy that they'll look even more holy and legit?
I used to be a Catholic and I know that for years, they have had a worldwide priest shortage. I think that's the reason why they refuse to do the right thing....so they apply the whole "Reprimand, forgive and hope for the best" response.
It doesn't work.
What's frustrating is that they refuse to do the things that could solve the priest shortage....
Allow women Priests....or at least Deaconesses.
Make celibacy optional rather than mandatory.
....Even when given SCRIPTURAL reasons why these are valid ideas, they refuse to change!
They're so stuck in the "Only celibate men can be clergy schtick that" they can't think of any other way!
So they're stuck with looking like a religious version of NAMBLA because they refuse to adapt with changing circumstances.
Perhaps Catholics should join "Liberal Catholic" splinter denominations or The Episcopalians or something....or at least withhold donating any money to the RC Church until The Vatican grows a BRAIN!
A branch that refuses to bend, breaks!