Unfortunately, I don’t think Pope Francis “gets it.” Dismissal should be the rule rather than the exception. The Royal Commissioners have been puzzled by consistent evidence from Church superiors that they did not regard child sexual abuse as a crime, but only a “moral failure” which only required forgiveness and reform. There is a very close link between law and culture, and so long as canon law reflects the culture of secrecy and clericalism it is going to be very difficult to turn the juggernaut around. That is where Pope Francis’ role is critical, and why his failure to order mandatory reporting, his retention of canons such as 1341 requiring reform of the offender before putting him on trial, and his refusal to dismiss are so disappointing. I applaud his other attempts to change Church culture, but in the case of child sexual abuse, the remark of the anthropologist Ralph Linton is apposite: “The last thing a fish would notice would be the water.”