I have many die-hard Catholic friends (nearly all my parents age) who feel the same way. It is short sighted of any organization that wants to keep its membership strong to rape the potential new members, then deny the accusations, then spend the coffers buying silence.
Just plain old poor strategy.
It is hardly an Irish problem though. There was a big hullaballo a while ago about the Jesuits shipping all their pedos off to extremely remote locations (Alaska, BC, where they were free to terrorize the the locals who were too isolated to mount a defense.) (Hey, let's send send father cuddly to Bumfuck, Nebraska!)
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And now I'm finished posting.
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