Saying that the Catholic Church did not protect children is just as wrong. It was the bishops. It was the hierarchy. We should not blame the people of God for the sins of the hierarchy.

It is time to face the horrible truth: The Catholic ... of children. It chronicles in detail how the Catholic hierarchy from the diocese to the Vatican worked not only mitigate the church's ...

A series of abuse scandals, often involving children ... Catholic hierarchy to cover it up. The paper’s investigation was the subject of the Oscar-winning film Spotlight. In 2004, a church ...