Thenamassivescandalbrokeoutinvolvinghundreds ofpriestsandvictims, internalcover-upsand the Church's admissionof the moving around ofaccused priests fromparishto parish.
Merging has proved hard enough for banks from the same country with vaguely similar internal cultures: witness recent bust-ups at America's newly formed Citigroup and at the equally new HypoVereinsbank, based in Munich.
If their only fear is of internal reprimand, it will be in their interests to engage in deception and cover-ups, and not to blow the whistle on others.