Revised Church Law on Sexual Abuse

The Vatican just released new norms in dealing with cases of sexual abuse.

It's important to emphasis a word in the title... revised.
Previous to the American sexual abuse crises, the Vatican already had norms for dealing with cases of sexual abuse. Were they lacking? Sure. After all, they hadn't been updated for about a century and many things had changed between that time (World Wars, Vatican II, etc.). A new set of norms was released in 2001 by Pope John Paul II, which you can read here (for more information on the American sexual abuse crises, I would point to John J. Allen, Jr.'s book All the Pope's Men. While Mr. Allen is in no way conservative or orthodox, he often ticks off the readers of National "Catholic" Reporter, so I'd say he's middle ground. Either way, he gives some excellent information that is worth reading). Those norms were in dealing with the American sexual abuse crises.

That's why when the new sexual abuse crises hit, the Vatican seemed to not be doing much (besides the many apologies). It's because they already had an updated, solid set of rules. In fact, they were only 9 years old! It's also important to note that we aren't sure how well those norms worked, because it takes about 20 years before someone reports sexual abuse. Therefore we'll have to wait until 2020 or so to find out (which also means that most of the sexual abuse cases now being dealt with came about in the sexual confusion of the 60's and 70's).

Many people in the Vatican are saying the new norms simply consolidate existing practice rather than marking a dramatic new approach. Of course, the left is calling it mere tweaking, while the right is calling the new norms more rigorous and transparent. Personally, I thought the norms were pretty solid before (tweaking can always be done to any rule), but now I think they are even more solid.

Some benefits include:
Speeding up the process of "laicization" (removal from the priesthood)
Allowing laity to serve as judges and lawyers on church tribunals in sex abuse cases
Doing away with the requirement of a doctorate in canon law (to be a judge)
Extending the statute of limitations for cases from ten to twenty years, with the ability still place to waive away the limitation altogether (my favorite, because few sexual abuse victims report the crime right away. Therefore, this change allows for more time to pass before the person comes forth)
Adding the acquisition, possession, and/or distribution of child pornography as a grave crime under church law (don't add to the disease)
Specifying that the same penalties for the sexual abuse of minors also apply to developmentally disabled adults (makes sense, and I'm surprised that they weren't already the same)
Clarifying that even "cardinals, patriarchs, legates of the Apostolic See and bishops" are subject to the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on matters related to sexual abuse

You can read the documents themselves:
A Letter to Bishops from William Cardinal Levada, Prefect CDF (1 page)
A brief introduction to the modifications (3 pages)
The norms themselves (10 pages)

What I want to know: what do you think about the new norms? Are they better or worse? Are there any significant changes? Is there anything that you see that's lacking in the norms that you would like to change/add/take away? As always, any comments are welcomed.