Why?
Where they completely unaware of it, or the proactive movement of accused priests to other areas to hide their paedophilia?
A religion that 'forgives all sins' and then considers them wiped and not subject to the law, then moves the person to another place, is just condoning it IMO, although they can argue until they're blue in the face that it's only for their imaginary friend to judge that person.....sorry, bollocks......nobody is above the law...the pope should be tried for leading a paedo ring (and hung too.....I'd love to see a proper pope on a rope)
Every single person who has put a copper coin in a collection plate in a Catholic church, with the full knowledge of how their church actively hides away paedophiles, is guilty of supporting a Paedophile institution, in my opinion.
I realise that that you are entitled to your opinion. And I agree with your position as regards the revulsion of Clerical Sexual Abuse within the Catholic Church or any other church for that matter. But not all of the Catholic Clergy are involved in child abuse.
It is not a religion that "forgives all sins" or all sinners either.
Members of the Catholic Church are not beyond the reach of the Law of the land if fact, quite a number of them end up behind bars. But this should be till the day they die in my view!
As for your view of hanging the Pope, well I've heard of him being kicked or seen pictures of him being burnt on bon fires, I don't think that would help, (in my opinion).
As regards hiding people who abuse children, I hope that it is a thing of the past. However and I'm not trying to take away the spotlight from Priests, paodophile's are in all walks of life. If we are to believe the fact that one in four children are abused then quite a lot of the people we know are abusers or have been abused.
As you put it my coin will be going on the plate next Sunday as usual, in the knowledge that the church I am bringing my son up in, is now one of the safest places to send a child.
When it comes to schools, leisure centres, scouts, or even motorcycle meets then I will have to think more carefully.