It's the victims who don't come forward we really have to worry about, but what can be said in sympathy with any of them which would actually do them any good? That sort of horror is virtually impossible to imagine without experiencing it. Anyone in their right mind will feel sympathy for them, and it's impossible to forget them. I imagine that most of them would like to see effective preventative measures being implemented. If I'm not mistaken, the only direct preventative measures suggested on this thread have been by non-Catholics. Absolutely no judgement intended on anyone here, but I couldn't help noticing.

As for destroying the Catholic church, no. Mainly because what replaced it could so easily be worse. I would, however, like to see it rendered harmless. Its political and financial power is greater than I can comfortably accept, and on those terms I regard it as a very real potential danger and one that is capable of encroaching on my existence. It's bad enough that governments can do that, but a 'religion'? Sorry, but that's unacceptable.