Yes, this is certainly true; but over 60% of the Bishops admittedly transferred known abusers from parish to parish without any warning that he was a pedophile (or ephebophile or "gay guy who liked the young stuff" or whatever you want to call it.)
Look, I don't condone Dreher's decision to leave the Catholic Church. But to say he is "ignoring the good done by the rest of the clergy" is simply false--- he has not done this at all; and to assume he is "self-righteous" is a rash judgment: falsehood and rash judgment both being moral offenses which could use some careful examination.
This may give you a more accurate and at the same time more merciful view. Read recent entries on Dreher's blog, especially "Gratitude" and "Ave Maria, Gratia Plena."
Peace to you.
It is Dreher who is guilty of rash judgment, not I. He is the one who passed judgement on the whole Church as being rotten. Why else would he blame the whole Church for the actions of a few? Obviously, he is ignoring the good done by the rest of the clergy and by the laity, for that matter. As for your assertion that 60% of the American bishops admitted transferred abusive priests, I don't know whether that is true or not, but I'm not just going to take your word for it.
The bottom line is that Dreher is just using the sex abuse scandal to rationalize his decision to leave the Church. It really doesn't take any courage whatsoever to do what he did. Anyone can cut and run when things get hard. So let me add
"cowardice" to the list of reasons that Dreher left, along with self-righteousness.