If you read the link, he talks about priests who succumb to other worldly pleasures than molesting kids. That’s free will. They’ll be dealt with accordingly, by God, when their time comes, unless they clean themselves up and hit the indulgences big time, which involves Holy Confession. Believe me, if they clean themselves up, they’re going to feel like **** stepped on. St. Francis felt like **** for his sins, because he knew that his lighter-than-ours sins, with what he was given, were worse when committed by him and, to one like him, to hurt God was like if he had punched his loving biological mother in the face (but you can throw in the Blessed Virgin Mary too). Recovering priests, not being near as tight with God, if put in a prison cell or monastic cell, will have to deal with their sins while on an all-time ego-low. If they die to themselves here, they’ll pay off most, if not all, the damages of their sins. Otherwise, if they get absolved, and not die in mortal sin afterwards, they’ll be in a world of pain in purgatory. Victims groups don’t see that, though they shouldn’t love the thought of the priests self-torture or after-life torture, but not think anything they can do in revenge will be more than a drop in the bucket. Instead, they may be getting in trouble with God in the process of hating their abuser. They’ll never feel truly happy that more than their abuser-priest’s being put out of commission would happen to him. It may be a test. Look what happened to the kid from “Blind Side.” He was unintentionally neglected by his sick-headed druggie mom, but was saved from his situation by a good family. Others are saved by social workers–liberals can do some things right, sometimes (LOL). Others are not, but may be understood as not in their right mind upon death. Then again, everybody gets hurts, somehow, sometime, on account of a parent or two, so maybe we have to just become better people.
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Regarding free will: maybe certain times fostered an environment for weak priests to feel the liberty to either have a mistress, acquire money illicitly or molest kids. Maybe God didn't even touch the cycle groups go through or maybe he withdrew his grace as they wanted by their sins, but inspired people like St. Francis to inspire them to seek God's grace. Maybe He increased His grace in authorities that helped them to shape up themselves, if they were taking too long, and, by their free will, step in to keep the evil from continuing. God brings a greater good from evil left to happen. Maybe it snaps us out of our listlessness to see a problem they've ignored.
