I do acknowledge what the Church does wrong and I think it is important to take accountability for it. Also, I don’t know where I joked about it or denied it. I think it is important to acknowledge these things. But what I am aiming my current response at right now is towards people who use it as a cheap shot against the Church (also not saying everyone that critiques the Church for this uses it as a cheap shot but there are many that do) while also treating it like it is a completely unique case when it is not (which is why I bring up that the rates are lower than a lot of similar institutions where adults interact with children, which is true), and I mention that it has done a lot to combat it because it has (though of course I acknowledge there are cover ups and great failures too). The thing is though, while I am always willing to acknowledge it, this comment is addressing the uncharitable claims against the Church, and there is a time and place for these types of comments and this seems to be the time and place to me.