I like Sinead as a performer, but this inteview seems like just another stick to beat the Catholic Church.

Maybe the Church needs a good beating, but not a word about the actual perpetrators?

There are two separate sets of crimes here, the sexual abuse of boys, and the self serving cover up by the offices of the church.

Although seemingly linked, the two crimes are very different in nature. The predators are gratifying sexual feelings in the abuse of boys and young men...a crime of sexual assault.

The Church were invlved in damage limitation, until they realised the situation was out of control.....they were indeed guilty of a crime, but a very different crime from the one being inflicted on boys and youths by the priests.

If we really want to protect children the two crimes must be dealt with separately, as I said above, we could remove the Pope and all his cardinals, but the abuse would continue while the sexual imbalance remains in the priesthood.

The priesthood should reflect sexual orientation rates in the real world.
Anything else is simply not acceptable.