It's not fair to indict the entire organization for the sick, corrupt actions of a few bad apples. We don't hold other professions and groups to this unrealistic standard of perfection so it's not fair to the Catholic Church either.
Perhaps not, but it's hard to understate the damage those "bad apples" have wrought. It seems to me that the infiltration of the Catholic Church by pedos is fairly systematic. One question is: How did it happen? Was it just happenstance or was it intentional? Given the seeming scale of it (including those non-pedos who just looked the other way), it's easier to make the case for the latter than the former. There is also the possibility that the Media is blowing it out of proportion for their own agenda. If so, they've done a great job in that respect.
A few years back, I had a conversation with a (platonic) woman friend of mine from HS. At the time, she was a very devout Catholic (so much so she strongly considered becoming a nun); and, in most ways, she still is. Goes to Church every Sunday, reads the bible regularly, and volunteers for this and that Church function, etc. Until it comes to the subject of priests. She told me point blank that she does not trust them and thinks they are all pervs (her words, not mine). That really rocked me back on my heel, especially considering that it was her who uttered it. Apparently, she still has faith in Church doctrine and what the Church stands for, just not its messengers (I assume she is still okay with nuns).
It seems all the rage these days to be an Atheist. I am not one and never will be. But I am also not very religious because I am lazy and often too tired to bother, except maybe on holidays. Especially now that my kids have flown the coop. Think what you might of religion, a lot of thought and effort went into it over thousands of years. There are also solid reasons to oppose many things that organized religion frown's upon. It's foolish just to dismiss that because there are lot of worthwhile lessons learned in there. It would certainly look down on what we are doing. I am glad that I started mongering later in life because the lifestyle is probably too hedonistic for a younger man trying to get his life established.