Their dogged persistence in the face of psychiatric opposition and official apathy was the decisive factor in eventually bringing about a Royal Commission of Enquiry, as the Australian media recognized. The Church also recognizes that individual rights such as freedom of speech were not developed to protect wrongdoers from the consequences of their unlawful actions. Otherwise an extortionist could hide behind freedom of speech. An obscene phone caller could hide behind freedom of speech. People phoning in bomb threats could hide behind freedom of speech.
Nobody has the right to cloak themselves in the First Amendment to break the law.
The Constitution is not a fortress for criminals. In fact, it is their unlawful acts, which they justify with First Amendment excuses, which destroy our constitutional rights. To work for freedom of speech in the world is a part of the Church's creed. And it does have to be worked for. Unless free speech and other basic liberties are constantly fought for and made real, they exist only on paper and will eventually be trampled by vested interests.