Some of this research, also indicates authoritarian education using corporal punishment to teach obedience and blindly believe what they're told by leaders is also an effective indoctrination tactic in cults. There's an enormous amount of research showing that abused children often grow up to become child abusers, themselves. In addition to holding the priests, and Catholic Church accountable much more needs to be done to educate the public about how violence escalates from an early age.
