On the one hand, the Catholic Church (and many of the other Christian churches) have a terrible historical record of oppression and various crimes against humanity.

On the other hand, there are many extremely good and sincere people within those churches, people who do help others, and Fry did take notice of that in his excellent speech. He is aware of it, and he is not attacking individual people of faith, nor is he attacking Jesus, nor is he attacking the Bible, he is attacking a dogmatic, corrupt church hierarchy and tradition. It's the power structure and dogma he is criticizing, not the membership.

As such, I find his comments on the subject very apt. It was interesting to see that the religious personage on the panel (the black man) did clap his hands at the end of the speech.

By gosh, it's good to see someone talk that intelligently for a change, and at length without being interrupted!