Joe, I came across those quotes in The Guardian.

Report of Pope's speech

It looks as though the paedophile reference is strictly accurate - there were people, though not many, making that argument back then, and the Pope's words can bear that meaning.

I'm sorry you are feeling beleaguered - your vision of what the Catholic Church should be is good - if only the heirarchy wre more like that. Or Andrew Greeley.

Happy Christmas,

Penny