One looks to the catholic church and sees an organization devoted to absolute power wherever and whenever possible.  For as long as has been known the church has abused and debased large numbers of those in its charge, the current scandal in Ireland being only the most recent.  Before that it was the native populations in countries that the church invaded.

When people complained they were demonized by the church.  Sometimes a particularly nasty priest would be simply sent to a new parish for fresh victims.

The church is a top down authoritarian organization run by psychopaths who are interested in nothing but power / obedience and occasionally eat their own.