Joe - this sounds very much like "They were asking for it" as applied to rape victims - and it really leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. You appear to have no idea of the spiritual grip that the church had over the whole population of Ireland - think Jonesville on a national scale.
To blame the relatives of victims is outrageous, and it really does let the real criminals off the hook.
Did you know that peadophelia is not a crime in the eyes of the church, but rather a sickness - a legal defence, rather than an indictment (according to a legal expert on Church matters writing in the Irish Times earlier this week)?
Rather like saying Hitler, Goebells.. et al were insane and the German people as a whole were the real criminals.
Is this what you really are saying?
Your defence of the church goes far beyond any attempt to justify or neutralise the affair that I have ever come across.
At least the Vatican has only chosen to stay silent on the matter.
Jim Carroll