Asked by the show's presenter, Nicky Campbell, whether the church cared more about its own reputation than the welfare of children, Owen replied: "These matters are so ghastly that people don't want to look at them, they can't believe these things are taking place within the orbit of a Christian church, perversion of Christianity.
People who are good do not want to see the evil in others.
That was the fatal flaw Shakespeare wrote about in Marcus Brutus, "the noblest Roman of them all".
“People who are good do not want to see the evil in others.”
True, but that often has the effect of giving evildoers greater opportunity.