Catholic Clergy Abuse Cases Still Run at 800 per Year

Ovcr and over again Popes and Catholic spokesmen have declared a war on clergy in the denomination who practice sexual abuse. We are going to eradicate it they say. It has been reported that in his final years Pope Francis lost interest or just gave up on clergy abuse.

 As the denomination seeks to stem the tide of losses in Europe and the U.S. by marketing in Asia and Africa more cases are coming from those areas. The link says the office in the Vatican that tracks the incoming cases admits it remains at about 800 cases per year. I don't have to mention that is almost three every day. One gets the impression the problem will never get much better than it is today. Can the denomination, or any denomination, survive with 800 new cases a year?

Efforts have been made to correct the problem. Bishops are told to turn cases over to law enforcement instead of trying to hide them by transferring priests to other locations. The link says that even though those in high office know the rules they are not followed consistently. What priests do is often unknown to Bishops. What and why Bishops do things is not transparent to those above Bishops.

I've read elsewhere that pedophilia is present in about 4% of the population in the U.S. and this is approximately the frequency in the Catholic clergy. Anyone concerned about the safety of children would not want the 4% to include day care workers. Clergy are also in this circle that has opportunity because such people are trusted and thus when harm occurs it is especially harmful. 

Churches of all stripes make a special effort to attack and keep young people. These churches need to have a failsafe method of keeping children safe.