It’s not a religion anymore but an organization that uses religion as their front.

And like most organizations, they are many many good and well intentioned people. But the ‘bad apples’ assholes are the ones to rise in ranks the fastest - politics, etc.

IF the Church was serious in cracking down on bad behavior of their clergy, none of these ‘priests’ would’ve gone anywhere high up in the chain.

So it’s very clear to me, the leadership knew, they let it slide for decades - either they didn’t want a PR nightmare, or they too were in on the activity.

In any of those reason, that is not how a ‘Chuch’ functions, that is how a Corporation functions.