Maybe because yes I think a religious adoption agency should have the right to place children as they see fit. But my point is that at least for me, right now, the Catholic Church stands for turning a blind eye towards the molestation of children on a mass scale, maybe even actively facilitating it. So when people look at them taking this principled stance that a gay couple can’t properly care for a child, but then they’re responsible for who knows how many children being sexually molested. I dunno, not a good look in my view.
The Catholic Church as a whole does not do anything of the sort. Without denying the record of evil, disgusting abuse, it should be clear that the "record" does not tell the whole story, or the main story, of the Catholic Church.
Sexual exploits of any sort are the violation of, and not the expression of, a Catholic ethic. The solution here is to stop this homosexual youth-abusing minority, stop the horrible violation of Catholic faith and morals, and become more thoroughly and authentically Catholic.
So if these Catholic adoption agencies refuse to violate Catholic principles, they are not part of the problem. They are part of the solution.
One more point concerning the "Church as a whole."
In the horrendous Penna. AG's report which went back to the 1940's --- and these are allegations, not charges, trials, and convictions --- do you know how many were implicated in the past 10 years?
Two.
That's right, two.
And those two had already been turned over to the police by their dioceses.
Now, I don't know what the charges on those two were, but if it was the worst of the worst --- if they sodomized minors--- I think they should be shot.
That's what a just sentence would be. But do you know what the record was for the whole U.S. Catholic Church nationwide, over the past two years? I'll tell you. Over the past two years, .005 percent of the U.S. Catholic clergy have had a credible accusation made against them.
Abuse experts credit the training programs and screening procedures instituted by the bishops, saying they should be continued.
This is a very good reason to refrain from characterizing the "whole Catholic Church" as guilty of these crimes.