Pope (Dout)Hat

From "Evaluations," the pretentiously-named blog of one Ross Douthat:

All of this is understandable, given the gravity of the scandal, and it’s obviously preferable to the see-no-evil, pre-Pope Benedict status quo.

Wait a minute, insufferable jerk. Are you implying that Pope Benedict, in his previous identity as Cardinal Rat, Defender of The Faith, ran an "uncover all the evil" campaign? Or that The Holy Father (not the gay marriage-lusting liberal media, who want to destroy the Church so abortions can be mandatory) is responsible for bringing these horrors to the attention of the world in his noble effort to clean up the Church, but not responsible for his real world function of covering up?

Idle Musing: If our imaginary offspring were criminally, physically abused, we'd be at Rampart Division filing charges, rather than complaining to the alleged abuser's superior. What sort of cultish brainwashing do Catholics undergo that they wouldn't go to the police?