As I read this report by Peggy Noonan, I kept thinking, what does one do when one realizes that one's church is apostate? As I read her account of the vague and evasive response to the complaints of the faithful, I remembered that after this scandal broke wide open, the Prophet, Seer and Revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dressed in an ordinary business suit, addressed the lay priesthood of the church and made it plain that such behavior by any leader of the church would result in excommunication. It has been that way all my life, and all the way back to its founding in modern times, in 1830. It happened a few years ago, when a General Authority, the first chosen from among Native Americans was excommunicated for sexually abusing girls. He was given a hearing before a Bishop's Court (local), then an appeal to a Stake High Council (diocese), then a review by authorities clear up to the Presidency. Anyone who had covered up for him would have been excommunicated as well.

These things happen, but they can't be tolerated or covered up. The effect of the faith of good people in the Catholic Church is proof.