Great post!
I should have pinged you since I mentioned you.
To the extent that defenses of the Catholic Church are one’s first automatic response, they can safely be called robotic. The underlying philosophy seems to be that whatever defends the Catholic Church is good, therefore one cannot do too much of it. I appreciate any substantive contributions to the discussion.
May this whole fracas serve to make people more aware of the problem, and help to protect the children.