DONT. EVEN. START.
you asked for it THIS ONLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE Please feel free to address the understated 30K cases of molestation.....
Abuse During Modern Times
From 1960 to 2010, more than 30,000 people in 25 countries have come forward and accused priests of molestation. The scandal has only really become widely known since about 1985, when Father Gilbert Gauthe pleaded guilty to 11 cases of sexually abusing children in Lafayette, Louisiana. He served 10 years in prison.
Since then, more and more attention to the pedophilia in the church clergy caused even Pope Benedict XVI to say he is “deeply ashamed” of the U.S.’s abuse scandal and will exclude pedophiles from the priesthood. In a letter to the Irish Catholic Church in March 2010, however, Pope Benedict blamed the scandal on “fast-paced change and secularisation”, saying that it led to a moral decline. (Newenham) However, this contradicts directly all documents through the ages stating that pedophilia on behalf of the clergy has been a problem throughout the ages.
I am stealing your link, thank you for posting this.