Is Francis actually backsliding on punishing abuse?

Is Francis actually backsliding on punishing abuse?: Distinctly Catholic: In the clerical culture, being defrocked is the most severe penalty. But does cutting a priest abuser loose best serve the key objective — protecting children?

MSW:_Everyone has Achilles heel, even Francis.  I am more interested in his punishing the bishops who coddled the abusers, which he seems to be doing. The abusers should simply be turned over to civil authorities to be jailed and publicly shamed for the rest of their lives as sex offenders. As the Lord said, any who leads astray one of these little ones should have a millstone tied around their neck and thrown into the sea. That this line was attributable to Christ shows how far back the problem goes in the Church.  That Francis is easier than Benedict on this no shock. Maybe a bit of scorn is necessary for him to see how serious the rest of us are.