The answer is likely a resounding no, and it certainly does matter. It is very de rigueur amongst the left to bash the church. The irony and rank hypocrisy of these same pols is their championing of decadent values and indeed pushing mainstreaming of homosexual behavior are the very values and actions that have led to these problems within the Catholic church. There isn’t a single FReeper here who excuses child molestors, it is the hypocrisy of these certain politicians that should be questioned and their deafening silence on the root causes, nevermind their added silence on other monstrosities that are either at their doorstep or well within their house.
That may be true, but it still doesn't change whether what he says is true. In any case neither of us knows anything about him, so it's not only a logical fallicy to attack the man instead of the argument, but in this case you don't even know if the attack is true.
Moreover you can't blame people in Ireland for being more concerned about child molesters in the Catholic Church than the sins of Islam. Their kids overwhelmingly go to Catholic Church, not Mosques.
I am truly not anti-Catholic, but there seems to still be a corruption at high levels that tolerates this stuff, and it hasn't been completely dealt with yet. My sincere hope is that it will be, because it is a stain on an institution that many good people have faith in.