Searching for some intuition from fellow Christian freepers here on this one.
Something about all this attack on the Catholic Church regarding sexual immorality that has me a bit perplexed. It has to do with the nature of spiritual warfare in general. It's been my experience that when the Church is attacked by unbelievers, that if an impropriety exists, there is no shortage of press and hoopla left to attack the Church in every conceivable forum, vaulting every antichristian rhetoric at hand.
I don't see much evidence of this.
The query is similar as if Republicans in Congress were caught in a scandal and all of the sudden the Democrats just ignored it,....the lack of consistent activity causes me to doubt the veracity of the reports, not that it isn't possible, but human character/old sin nature wise, things don't seem to add up.
A second point. The allegations are that the Church leadership is and has been wittingly corrupt for decades now. Yet we have small groups of 'believers' bringing these issues to light of day in quiet forums, with little fanfare. Those bringing the issues to light seem to be young or immature Christians, who would be very prone to 'Crusaderism' or eager to attack the devil.
I've pondered this a bit, and I wonder if we aren't actually witnessing a barrage of false witness and biased attacks on scanty evidence supported by say a handful of valid charges, but the bulk being an ulterior attack on the Church. This would tend IMHO to better explain the character and behavior of the parties involved in the public forum charged and involved in the issues directly.
On the other hand, perhaps the Adversary is so deeply entrenched and successful in the Catholic Church, that as a divided house won't stand, antichristian views aren't pushing too hard.
Curious as to the intuition and read of others on this perspective.