Can the Church Have World Wide Norms on Sex Abuse?

Jimmy Akin has a good piece at What Should Pope Benedict Do? on the whole sexual abuse situation.

I like this part a lot!!
Catholic journalist John Allen has perceptively written that America has a “microwave” culture, whereas Rome has a “crock-pot” culture. In America we want everything done yesterday. In Rome, they want to take their time — be cautious and thoughtful, not act hastily. It’s a substantial culture gap. And it’s why we’re now reading decades-old letters and memos from Rome that say, in effect, “This is going to take more time,” “Don’t act too quickly,” “We’ve got to observe due process,” “Is there another, less drastic solution?”
American media just doesn’t get that.

I think that is important to graps. In fact in many ways we don't really want the Vatican to turn into a "microwave" culture. I used to bemoan why Rome moves so slow but over the years I have seen the wisdom and need for that. However sometimes it results in a epic fail in certain situation and this was one of those.

Akin also says
So far, the Holy See has dealt with the scandal on a country-by-country basis, approving national norms and pastoral plans where it appeared. These actions were needed, but the globalization of the scandal means that the Holy See needs to get out in front of the problem globally. In other words: It needs to put strict norms in place for the entire Church, not just particular nations. What those norms should be will require thought, but the American ones are a good place to start.

Well I agree with this to a certain degree. However what is missing is that in large parts of the world the Church is persecuted. Christians are getting slaughtered. In fact in China the Church is in underground. What kinda of norms do you issue for a Church to deal with Civil authorities in countries like that?

Also what is missing here? What about allegations against the laity? They seem to be not mentioned at all. More on that later