I'm convinced that too many people, especially who comment here, are weighed down with anger, hurt, or have other axes to grind against the Catholic Church. The result is a loss of objectivity and balance.

What does this report tell us:

- Lots of allegations from the past, including fairly far back (1940s), were brought foward -- mostly by lawyers, in the wake of a law inviting new submissions. Common sense tells you to be leery of these.

- The number of new accusations is very small: 25. Of these, almost half are "unsubstantiated." Two have been substantiated, the rest are still being looked into. All these were reported to civil authorities.

- An interesting detail if you read further on page 19: much of what the report lumps together as "child sexual abuse" turns out, upon closer examination, to be  "more of a boundary issue and not sexual abuse." 

Only for someone truly embittered is this a bad report.