Really, that comment is pathetic and irrelevant.
The accusation is - yet again - that the Catholic Church has some major problem with pedophiles within its priesthood. That clearly is not true. The statistic of 0.03% comes from a legitimate, academic, non-Catholic source and is accepted by anyone with a brain as accurate.
The Catholic Church has spent literally billions of dollars paying out settlements for pedophilia in the US and Europe. The Church hierarchy has a demonstrated history of averting their eyes to the problem and reshuffling priests to different parishes. The percentage here is irrelevant. The corruption is deep and systemic.
That isn't reason to support the administration's moves here. But one cannot dismiss such abuse.
It prefers to settle rather than fight to clear the names of its priests. I disagree with their approach but the research into this shows that vast numbers of those claims were false.
I'll agree - in the past - the Church has tried to 'protect' its reputation... and I think they were wrong... that's not 'corruption', it's just the way the Church reacted - badly. However, they no longer do that. Like any organization, it is flawed.... but on this whole 'pedophile' bullshit... the numbers don't add up to support the idiocy about the Church.
Imagine the social programs that could be funded with all the money paid out.
It settled because it failed to take reasonable steps when the issues came to light. That is a severe moral failing for any institution.
The numbers that count is the amount of money involved. How many parishes have gone bankrupt over this? All of it avoidable had they done the right thing.
I dont mean to pile on here. I respect anybody who professes a faith. But dismissing it as insignificant is wrong. It has probably turned off many people to Catholicism as well.