"In more recent years, of course, the tide has turned. Once the façade was breached, the culture did a one-eighty in its treatment of abusers. Transparency became the new norm."  Tom Roberts, I know for sure CI (Catholic Institution) refuse to be transparent so you must mean laity/society demand it?
   
Reading your long article, it came to me!
What is a use of discussing this so many years by so many people?
Under all these CI condoning the clergy sex abuse of children is simply saying they do not believe there is God!  They prefer their prestige, power & money afford them as high & low clergies and they will stick to each other no matter who gets hurt!

’ 37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; 38and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. ' (Matthew 10:37)   
They, CI clergies are not worthy of Christ!  LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!