Any man who pretends to be a man of God and does such things deserves whatever punishment he gets and any church or religion that allows/looks the other way/etc. deserves all the bad national publicity it gets.
I don't know what religion you think you are a part of but I'm certain you are making Wormwood very happy.
The penalty for a ‘youth pastor, or any other, in cases like this should be death, period.
Churches and their congregations bear more than some responsibility in the selection of people for these positions. Granted, they cannot be held totally responsible for the actions of another, but they need to start taking MAXIMUM effort in backgrounding their potential candidates for the job. That would save a lot of kids from hell on earth.
FWIW, I was raised RC, but have since left since my beliefs are slightly different and so I cannot in good conscience call myself a good Catholic. The priest in our church when I grew up was a hard-ass, but he was no pedophile. The man who replaced him (old age) however, was.