[OpusatFR]

“useful idiots of the American right”?

Absolutely. The American right also has a large contingent of anti-Catholic bigots who jump on any story, true or false to bash Catholics. The same people who decry the media will believe every single nuance and slant to this story. Abuse happened. It’s inexcusable. But the nuances and bias and sometimes outright falsehoods by journalists are not challenged.

This attack is well co-ordinated.

[hinckley buzzard]

One element of the attack is the persistent and misleading use of the phrase "pedophile priests." The useful idiots you reference love to jump on this, but they are way off base. The vast majority of RC priest sexual offenses involve a homosexual priest perpetrator and adolescent, sexually mature males. These are not pedophiles preying on children. There were enough of these, to be sure, but they were the small minority. Mostly it has been homosexuals exploiting young men.

[Eagles6]

Oh, I agree that the attacks are well coordinated and we get our fair share of anti-Catholic bigots here on FR so I guess there are some on the right.

The Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination and they have the deepest pockets. They are also the strongest voice against abortion and normalizing homosexuality which is why the left hates them.

'When I was a kid it was public school teachers and Boy Scout leaders.

Look what happened to the Boy Scouts when they decided it wasn't wise to let homosexuals go camping with adolescent boys.