Non-Catholics wouldn’t have any clubs to beat the Catholic church with if it didn’t give it to them.
The church’s inept dealing with this situation is what gives people ammunition. They only have themselves to blame.
But I really dislike the fact RC apologists always speak in such violent, masochistic terms. After all these many occasions where RCs paint themselves as "victims" of "hatred" and "bigotry," a rational conclusion is that they actually like the idea of being smacked around because they talk about it endlessly and see it everywhere.
Maybe it makes them feel holier to think they are withstanding physical assaults. Self-flagellation, and all that.