Dare we hope? Dare we?

The new administrator of Springfield says things

…referring to the ongoing sex abuse crisis in the church, Sniezyk said church officials must acknowledge a culture that protected abusive priests existed years ago.

“We have to come clean,” said Sniezyk, recalling how as a young priest he heard rumors of “cliques of priests” who molested young churchgoers, yet were protected by church and legal officials. Sniezyk, who was ordained in 1962, said he never witnessed any abuse.

“I think truly an old boy network existed. We have to admit that no one did anything with it in those days,” Sniezyk said, adding that priests are now being held accountable.

Of course, we might question the use of the past tense here, but….progress is progress.