The crisis in the Catholic Church is part of the crisis for Western civilisation

Damian Thompson, until recently editor of the Catholic Herald in London and the best religious journalist there is, tweeted on Thursday:

Francis has just re-employed at the Vatican bank BIp Zanchetta, charged with aggravated sexual assault of seminarians, fraud and misuse of funds. Papolatrous ‘orthodox’ journalists say nothing; liberals vigorously cover up.

Googling I find that Bishop Zanchetta was one of the first bishops appointed by Francis, was suspended from his Vatican post after reports that he had sexually abused seminarians and had homosexual pornography on his phone. 

According to the press, he has not satisfactorily explained what happened to almost a quarter of a million dollars he received in public money.

Since his time as a bishop Francis has surrounded himself with priests against whom serious allegations of sexual or financial irregularity have been made. Why? 

Such men are beholden to him. That's one reason, I presume.