Psychological Entropy, page-7

I have thought about this issue as I was an altar boy for one mass

I am pretty sure the older more experienced altar boy who was teaching me the tasks was molested.

He ended up as a gambler, alcoholic and a sad case.

I suspect the priest rationalised ---that the good the priest did for the society outweighed the bad on an individual--- who could be seen as collateral damage

I reckon the Catholic Church also rationalised along these lines when they castrated kids to maintain their singing voice.