Why Do Bishops Cover Up Sexual Abuse?
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/essay/why-do-bishops-cover-up-sexual-abuse/
... The answer, in fact, is a simple one. In any institution the loyalty and obedience of subordinates is maintained by some kind of reward given by superiors. ... If BBC executives or Catholic bishops want to shore up their position within their organisation, protecting abusers will ensure that at least an important section of their subordinates are loyal and uncomplaining. Once a culture of abuse is established, more and more people who can be motivated in this way will be drawn into the institution, while the people not wanting to play along will be marginalised, rendered powerless, and leave.
Superiors tolerate and facilitate abuse because it increases their power within the institution. It does not matter what form the abuse takes: emotional, sexual, spiritual, or even financial. Within the institutional Catholic Church, the toleration of all these kinds of abuse can be found. ...
The abuser knows his bishop can denounce him to the authorities any time. That does tend to make the abuser rather compliant with the bishop's wishes!
At root, it's a power trip.
An old friend of mine, involved in music in the RCC, told me flat out, the priests are all gay. Very matter of fact about it. Didn't seem embarrassed about it. Didn't seem to think it was a problem.
The RCC is like Hollywood and DC. Gay, transgender and Satanic.
I would not say all priests are gay, but a significant percentage of them are and they are the ones in charge in most dioceses. Straight priests are rarely offered the high-profile assignments. You want to find good priests, look at the smallest parishes in the crappiest part of town.