I know this is two topics behind, but I just now started goofing off today - Newsweek has covered some pretty good evidence that every other institution and the general public is at least as bad as the Catholic Church. It is helpful to be able to rule out the whole celibate-male-hierarchy thing as being part of the problem. What remains is predatory management, predatory legal maneuverings, and a pathological level of CYA. The data show their perverts are no different than secular or other religious perverts.

They cite a big study as well as the insurance industry, which gathers data more thoroughly when money is involved. It turns out Catholic liability insurance for paying off victims is no more expensive than otherwise similar non-Catholic schools.