Perhaps I'm cynical Mokantx but obedience is their great virtue and their objective is the Red Hat.
Re the "blow over factor"; they probably believe that retirement and mortality, will will take care of it eventually. My belief is that their legacy will live on with their successor and equally diminish his credibility, unless he speaks out about what went before. It's my interpretation is that it is part of the "coadjutor process". It's not going away and it is our responsibility to victims & survivors to maintain or increase the pressure. Justice must be pursued.