text: Perhaps the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the place this "problem" needs to be.  How the Church has handled - or failed to handle - the problem of child sex abuse is fraught with issues that concern tradition and doctrine:  priests as "ontological" special; bishops as even more "ontologically" special; justice for laity within Canon Law; the whole concept of how the Church in each country relates to the laws, customs, and governmental structures of that country. So much is embedded in Catholic tradition so old it can't translate into today, into a world where globalization is apace, people are educated, relationships are not embedded in hierarchies, and governance is shared with the people.  
  
  The problem is the presumption that the Church hierarchical structure and roles are somehow blessed by God when it was simply an organizational form/roles suitable to the times in which it was created and grew.  Who/where else within the Church can this be studied and addressed?