Yes. Another way that blame is shifted/denied is to refer to the abusers as pedophiles, and then to claim that pedophilia is rare among homosexuals.
The John Jay Report showed that the most-abused age/sex in the Catholic abuse scandal were 12 year old males.
From the link:
The John Jay report found that 81% of the victims were male; and of all the victims, 22% were younger than age 10, 51% were between the ages of 11 and 14, and 27% were between the ages of 15 and 17 years.
These days, most 12 year old males are post-pubescent, so the primary problem with "pedophile priests" is not pedophilia, but a homosexual attraction to early post-pubescent males. You can call that hebephilia or a few other things, but it is definitely homosexual.
Well said.
If the Catholic Church is finding that so many priests have sexual problems, particularly homosexuality, it would be good for them to “clean house” and deal with this.
I have some distant relatives, who had been devout Catholics, who left the church, and refuse to give donations to any Catholic organization, such as Catholic Charities. This ongoing issue with homosexual priests could sink the Catholic Church as we have known it.