“Pope Francis”: Roman Catholic Church now a victim in sex abuse scandals

In effect, he has picked up the standard response we’ve seen from other apologetics: “Other people are doing it too … family, neighbors … we’re the only one attacked for not doing enough for it”. From here:

Pope Francis offered one of his more forceful responses yet to criticisms that the church hasn't done enough to respond to the child-abuse scandals that have shaken the church.

Last month, the United Nations issued a report that was highly critical of the Vatican's handling of priests who had abused children, arguing that the church allowed them to escape punishment. Victims' groups have accused Pope Francis—who established a committee charged with developing a more uniform response to the problem—of saying too little about the scandal.

"The cases of abuse are terrible because they leave very deep wounds," he said, citing statistics showing that most child abuse is perpetrated in the family or by neighbors. But "the church has done a lot—perhaps more than anyone….And yet the church is the only one that is attacked."

Oh, the poor Church, the poor, poor Church. “We’re the real victims around here.”

Well, family and neighbors never mounted an organized campaign effort at hiding pedophiles or obstruction of justice.