We're not the only buggerers, so it's okay

... at least, that sounds like the defense offered by the Vatican.

Sex abuse scandal in US, Italy taints papacy
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer
25 March 2010
... [The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano] lashed out at what it said was a "prevailing trend in the media" to ignore facts and spread an image of the Catholic Church "as if it were the only one responsible for sexual abuses — an image that does not correspond to reality."

Well, no - I don't think anyone has ever implied that the Catholic Church is unique... but even if the Church is being singled out - that's not much of a defense!
[... and this 'defense' conveniently ignores the central issue - which is that the Church deliberately covered up the abuse and allowed it to continue.]

Meanwhile a consistent story is emerging: Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger - now Pope Benedict - time and again intervened to protect sexual predators and stifle investigations of sexual abuse by the priesthood.