text: Janhoi,
  I agree.  While some seem to think cleaning up financials is easier, I'm not so sure.  This (scandal) is about will, not law.  If the bishops wanted to assure the laity of their sincerity and demanded the pope put in place accountability, including tribunals for involved bishops, it would be done by now.  
  
  Whether the pope himself has the power, almost doesn't matter.  Collectively the bishops clearly don't want to be held accountable, period. But they were OK with financial cleanup, especially as their local finances continue to be rocked by the effects of their own handling of the scandal.  
  
  Am I glad the financial mess is getting cleaned up?  Of course, and Francis get credit.  But I can't shake the sense that the scandal simply remains little more than under storm for the bishops: annoying in that it's messing up their afternoon plans, but little more...