Under the zero tolerance policy adopted by the Catholic Church in the US, ANYONE who comes in contact with children - be it at a school, in church, afterschool program, camp, etc. - must be undergo a background check that includes fingerprinting. I am in a small parish with a few children in our rel ed program. It is already a challenge to get volunteers to teach, even more so when it entails both a background check and 2 day video seminar.
What frustrates Catholics more than anything else, is the constant attack on our Church. George Weigel wrote an excellent Opinion piece for The Statesman. In it, he notes:
In the United States alone, there are reportedly tens of millions of victims of childhood sexual abuse. In the years between 1991 and 2000, according to Virginia Commonwealth University researcher Charol Shakeshaft, 290,000 students were sexually abused in American public schools. Worse yet, studies indicate that 40 percent to 60 percent of sexual abuse takes place within families — often at the hands of second husbands or live-in boyfriends.
If the media is sincerely aghast at childhood sex abuse, then they certainly have their work cut out for them. I'm not holding my breath, though.
I know that's frustrating.
Oh and I left out that you get attacked because much of the MSM medial is leftist and gay and vehemently anti-Christian. People are coming to realize that though, and starting to consider the source, so there is hope.