[annalex]

Absolutely; this is why Pope John Paul II shares some of the blame. Our topic is the culpability of then Cardinal Ratzinger, and he wasn't pope then. With the few scandals on his watch he dealt resolutely.

I am simply pointing out that a bishop, once installed, receives a very wide lattitude in how he administers his diocese. In the case of several latently homosexual bishops it proved unfortunate.

Note please, that the strict control from Rome that you correctly say was lacking during John Paul II pontificate is the exact opposite of Protestant ecclesiology, which produced the same rate of abuse but rarely faces the consequences of it.

[Quix]

but rarely faces the consequences of it.

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I have observed that to be thoroughly inaccurate.

[Forest Keeper]

Note please, that the strict control from Rome that you correctly say was lacking during John Paul II pontificate is the exact opposite of Protestant ecclesiology, which produced the same rate of abuse but rarely faces the consequences of it.

Any sort of comparison would at a minimum depend on how "protestant" is defined and whether apples are being compared to apples in terms of what "clergy" is. I'm sure there have been a dozen FR threads on this very topic.