is more complicated than we thought. away was before hand thought of as one of the good guys. >> reporter: the grand jury report credits whirl for standing up to the vatican in some cases of abuse, but also suggests he guided at least one accused priest back into service. cardinal whirl defended himself by saying his dieio cease worked to exceed the conference of bishops and reporting requirements of pennsylvania law, but those are laws that critics say the catholic church is working overtime to influence in its favor. take bishop ronald gainer from harrisburg, he's one of the bishops expressing sorrow for the vigts of his dioceses. he's head the pennsylvania catholic conference, a group that aggressively lobbies against reforming the statute of limit tagtss. >> the catholic conference has been tenacious in opposing this, and of course they have allies in the pennsylvania legislature.