Take comfort in knowing that even those who outwardly profess contempt and hostility towards the Church demonstrate their true feelings when they expect more of Catholics and the Catholic Church that they do of others. We know that those who abused and those who aided and abetted were acting counter to Church teaching. As every sin is also a sin against God and His Church, the entire body of the Church has been harmed by the actions of a few. While we pray for the actual victims, we have nothing to apologize for to those who giddily display schadenfreude with every new victim discovered. They too are in need of our prayers.
Peace be with you
The Catholic Church must do something, some form of penance, to atone for the sex abuse scandal its currently facing....See related thread: Pope begs forgiveness for church sex scandal
"Now, under attack from the world which talks to us of our sins, we can see that being able to do penance is a grace....we see how necessary it is to do penance and thus recognize what is wrong in our lives."
-- from the thread Pope Says Church Under Attack, Must Do Penance