JtS... "At least to the degree that they themselves have been persecuted, yes."

Soooo... did you alert the police as to their crimes? Did they commit any crimes?

Not that I give two shits from Tuesday about any of it. Fact is, I don't believe half of what people say about Catholic Clergy sexual abuse. I do believe less than half and it's just awful. But I don't believe that every priest fucked every little boy.

I find the notion that the entire Church can be condemned based upon a relatively few transgressions to be ridiculous. As far as coverups, unacceptable. As far as outright damning of Cat'lic leaders, unacceptable. And, I would point out, I am not a religious man.