Jim Carroll says: Name one organisation that has harboured paedophiles who have systematically abused children for decades, probably generations

The Boy Scouts of America

It took time and some attempted coverups, but the Boy Scouts generally cleaned up their act by about 1990. Of course, they have never been the target of prejudice that the Catholic Church has been.

Jim, it's a very difficult and bewildering problem. There's no question that the Catholic Church screwed up this thing, and screwed it up badly. But much of it was unintentional and misguided. The American Catholics threw a lot of money at the problem in the 1970s by building centers that were expected to treat and cure the problem of child molestation - but they didn't work.

I still don't believe we have a workable solution to the problem, but at least the Catholic Church is trying.

-Joe-