Those "towering intellectuals and theologians" in Jesus day were called Pharisees. Ever notice what He called them?
Nice try. No, the Pharisees did not believe Christ was the Savior. Indeed, Christ established His ONE Church with an infallible authority bestowed to Peter and his successors.
And your talk about child pederasty is about individual lives. Yes, we have saints and sinners too. Have we not had Protestant pastors convicted or murder? adultery? fornication? Go take the beam off your own eye first.