On Ian's allegations of the "Catholic church starving children to death", I feel these remarks are simply conjecture.
In the 1920s and 30s in Ireland, starvation was everywhere, and how do we know the physical condition of every teenage mother who was admitted to these homes.
I am sure in those days, stillbirths and premature births must have been commonplace and had the undernourished babies survived into infancy, the treatment regimes and availability of effective drug therapy would have been nothing like we have at the present day.

Nothing is as simple as some would like us to believe.

On the abuse of boys, the Catholic Church and its celibacy rule has historically been a safe haven for male homosexuals, it is estimated that at least 30% of the priesthood are homosexual. The abuse was almost exclusively perpetrated by adult men on teenage boys, which would point to a sexual orientation factor coming into play.

Cardinal O'Brien's alleged crimes were not against boys, but young adult priests, which makes Cardinal Obrien a predatory male homosexual(if these allegations are proved)and a hypocrite, but not a paedophile.

Abuse can be stopped or reduced at a stroke by opening the priesthood to married men preferably with children......I hold the
Church to account for this rule which has caused untold damage.