The “credibility gap ” caused by the Catholic Church’s“ mismanagement of the clergy sex abuse crisis ” has resulted in its “largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history. ” ​ — NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER, U.S.A.
Како резултат на тоа, таа минува низ „најголемата криза во последниве векови, а можеби и од самото свое постоење“ (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER, САД).