"no priest, bishop, or pope has made a statement that child rape is a good thing,"
No they haven't, but priests unquestionably did rape children and bishops unquestionably covered up their crimes, often moving the rapist on to other parishes to 'keep up the good work'. Quite often the reporting of abuse to a church official led to the reporter being verbally attacked and threatened with eternal damnation, and when victims reported abuse, they were often treated to lectures on sex education. Blaming the victim for 'placing temptation in my path' was far from uncommon.
When reports of incidents reached the Vatican, the Church heirarchy actively hindered any action against the perpetrators and consistently refused to co-operate when the shit finally hit the fan.
The fact that nobody in the top echelons have actually 'fessed up' or verbally defended the rapists is more than a little academic really.
To date there had been no official acknowledgement by the the Church as a body of the part it played in abuses that were carried out for decades and possibly centuries.
Jim Carroll