[weegee]

The findings then: press coverage is anti-Catholic.

Certainly the coverage seemed "antiCatholic Church". I wouldn't say that it was down on anyone who was a Catholic (the way discrimination would be).

There were/are problems within the Catholic Church hierarchy that lead to coverups and attempts to defuse the issue rather than seek punishment of the molestors and justice for the victims.

There are also such crimes going on at schools and at other churches.

Planned Parenthood has fought attempts to require abortion providers to provide police with a report when a girl comes to them for an abortion caused by molestation/rape. They cover up a crime too.

The UN has quite a number of sex scandals (UN advisors raping minors here and elsewhere and then fleeing before the cases come to trial, juvenile prostitution charges in wartorn areas,...).

Considering all the molestation going on, the media dug their fangs into one target; the Catholic Church. Maybe they went against them for the Pope and Mother Theresa's stance against abortion, who knows.

[breakem]

Maybe it was the number of cases.

Maybe it was all the Bishops and Cardinals doing nothing until their feet were held to the fire.

Maybe it's a big newsstory when the Catholic Church has a once in a 1000 year major scandal.

[Sloth]

It's talking about a 12-year-old study, with respect to the Catholic church. Before the big sexual scandals, in other words.