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>> First of all....pointing the finger at other denominations and secular groups that have the same problems only gives the appearance that the Church is trying to mitigate its own failures. <<

Just this week, among the Baptists (whose church is 1/4 the size of the American Catholic church, yet outnumbers them manifold in recent years):

1/9: Former youth pastor charged with molestation
1/6: Former Baptist pastor, fresh out of jail after serving only three years, talks about starting a new church
1/3: Minister, charged with raping teen, now accused of on-line solicitation of a minor.

So, you’re citing one archdiocese, which, incidentally is equivalent to 1/4 of all Southern Baptists in population. The cases you cite reach back over 50 years. Yet in one week, look what the Baptists did.

So knock off your mudslinging.

You're once again attempting to divert the attention away from the obvious...but then I should expect as much since your leadership plays duck and dodge when it's faced with the issue of child felony rape within it's Priesthood.... It's a pattern which has equally as obvious trickled down thru the rank and file to divert the attention away from themselves.

As long as the finger keeps getting pointed away from the breadth and width of the pedophiles and homosexuals within your church...hidden for centuries..and the Priests who do those dastardly acts...then the church will never be more than a house full phoney hot air.

Additionally...Had the catholic church not made continuous claims to be the one and ONLY holy and true church, and the body of Christ, then perhaps the stain of their sins against children...and covering it up.. and protecting the criminals,..and enabling further crimes to occur, rather than report to the authorities and have the mess handled properly, it would not have fared so badly in the eyes of the public......but because they did so/and do now they are rightly perceived as even more horrible than when found among others.

From your own Churches database....and keep in mind this is only those caught and accused...many aren’t.

Overview of the BishopAccountability.org Database
of Publicly Accused Roman Catholic Priests, Nuns, Brothers,
Deacons, and Seminarians in the United States

This database is intended to provide the best possible answer to a simple question: According to a church-sponsored report based on diocesan records, 4,392 Catholic priests in the United States have been accused since 1950 of sexually abusing minors. Updates have increased the USCCB’s count to 5,600 priests accused through 2008.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/db_overview.htm