I was wondering if it was an especially US problem.
Uhmmmm.... no.
Roman Catholic sex abuse cases by country
And here's the link -- once again -- to the Murphy Report. It's kind of long, but well worth reading. What I got from it is that the key problem was antinomianism amongst those in charge in the Archdiocese of Dublin. Canon law and protocols that had been in place for several decades to stop sexual abuse were routinely, and consciously, ignored.
Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
However, I don't see how any Protestant or Reformed church can claim immunity from the same evils which beset(s) the RC Church in Dublin and elsewhere. Look at the recent history of the Anglican Church. To ignore the perennial problems of moral depravity, antinomianism, and nihilism, and to say "Look! They have fallen and we have not!" is to court the worst sort of foolishness.