The following reflection by Fr. Vladimir Borichevsky on authority in the church is apropos given the many scandals of our day.
Are policies enough to constraining sinful man? T. S. Eliot gave his opinion seventy years ago in his poem, “The Rock”: They constantly try to escape From the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.
I thought this article by Fr. Thomas Hopko to be perhaps the best summary I’ve seen anywhere of how to deal with the various issues of our day…the crux of it comes in his seven points in the second half.