Why Do Bishops Cover Up Sexual Abuse?
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/essay/why-do-bishops-cover-up-sexual-abuse/
... The answer, in fact, is a simple one. In any institution the loyalty and obedience of subordinates is maintained by some kind of reward given by superiors. ... If BBC executives or Catholic bishops want to shore up their position within their organisation, protecting abusers will ensure that at least an important section of their subordinates are loyal and uncomplaining. Once a culture of abuse is established, more and more people who can be motivated in this way will be drawn into the institution, while the people not wanting to play along will be marginalised, rendered powerless, and leave.
Superiors tolerate and facilitate abuse because it increases their power within the institution. It does not matter what form the abuse takes: emotional, sexual, spiritual, or even financial. Within the institutional Catholic Church, the toleration of all these kinds of abuse can be found. ...
The abuser knows his bishop can denounce him to the authorities any time. That does tend to make the abuser rather compliant with the bishop's wishes!
At root, it's a power trip.
Why do people that are aware of child sexual abuse still support the Roman Catholic church? It is rotten to the core.
The problem with the Catholic Church is that it is made up of sinners. But that can be said of every church, every profession, every organization and agency. You will find corrupt people in every organization, but that does not mean that all of the people are corrupt. The history of the Catholic Church is the history of Satan trying to destroy what Jesus established.
Nice try. I'm pretty sure my church do not have any pedophiles on payroll, and if anybody found out there are, they will be ousted instantly, not protected at the highest levels.
Other than that, all churches obviously are made up of sinful people.