49 years ago, a priest made a move on me. I told my parents, they told I-have-no-idea-who, a couple of investigators from the Catholic church showed up and asked questions. Start to finish, it took less than a week for the church to replace him.50 years ago, nobody openly talked about the recurring and continued abuse by priests on children, but now we are, right? Turns out, not just a Catholic thing.
Within a year of that, a priest in training (no idea of the correct title) was trying to get some action from middle and high school girls. (Well, at least he was hetero.). He got spirited away by the church in short order.
At least a few people were discussing abuse by priests ~50 years ago.
Otherwise, your points are spot on. The world has changed. Not all the changes have been positive.