HOWEVER, this situation took place in a correctional system

The Industrial Schools were orphanages, and orphans don't need corrected.

Joe, stop trying to defend the indefensible. Defend the ordinary Catholics, who didn't know this was going on. Point out that abuse was rife in all child care whether religious (of any sect) or secular until recently- and is CERTAINLY still going on. Defend the majority bof decent folks in the priesthood- but recognise that they were all too often silent about what they knew. But DON'T defend the hierarchy- who had the power to stop it at any time, and demeaned and indeed criminalised not only themselves but YOU- the Catholic rank and file- by failing to use their powers when one word could have stopped unimaginable suffering, and delivered the criminals to justice. They've failed you and the children, and better that a millstone etc.

We see a high ranking cardinal squirming to avoid institutional responsibility again today- it's all the fault of the gays. If he isn't busted to the ranks by next Tuesday (don't hold your breath), you'll know where Nazinger's priorities lie, and lie, and lie.