[DManA]

And this answers the unholy critics of the Catholic church exactly how?

[Clemenza]

The "Everybody else does it" excuse is right up there with the "psychologists told us to do it" excuse among Kool Aid drinking Catholics, who slavishly defend corrupt bishops in the face of hard evidence. Perversion is everywhere, but the coverups and hush money were borderline criminal.

The semi-deification of the papacy and the clergy amongst some Catholics has always been nauseating, but even worse in the face of criminal behavior.