Institutions Quote by Darrel Ray

“Pedophiles the world over. If you want to do that insufferable thing you do without care, concern, and/or worry; become a Catholic priest. Birds…

— A.K. Kuykendall

(The Catholic Church must) clean out the pedophiles, break up the gay cliques, tighten up the seminary, and restore the good name of the…

— Andrew Greeley

“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse is not…

— Charles L. Bailey Jr

“The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people…

— Sonya Renee Taylor

The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are…

— Alex Gibney

You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here…

— William P. Leahy

People are quite clear in viewing nuns as the servants and the teachers and the supporters of the poor. You contrast that with the…

— Gloria Steinem

“Why do they call it the Catholic Church? Because if they called it the Pedophiles Club, nobody would join.”

— Mike Golden

“The Catholic Church wasn't just a part of his parents' live, and his grandparents', it ruled their lives. The priests told them what to…

— Louise Penny

Regarding the accusations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, deplorable and disgusting as those abuses are, they are not so harmful to…

— Richard Dawkins

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

— John Sentamu

What, then, shall a Catholic Christian do ... if some novel contagion attempt to infect no longer a small part of the Church alone…

— Vincent of Lerins