Verily silk purses can be made of sow's ears. Because people only hear what they want to hear, elephant's in drawing rooms make for uncomfortable discussions.

The catholic church has a history of hundreds of years of stifling criticism, silencing its enemies, attacking progress that contrdicted its dogmas. Political gerrymandering, that contributed to 2 world wars, the horrors of hudson homes and magdalene laundries, and lately the sodomising of small children on collosal international scale and yet it is still regarded by many as a 'force for good', an organisation of some great repute which should not be criticised.

They have very neatly with the help of political fifth columnists managed to keep their evil and worse than dubious image relatively untarnished.

Xtians are accomplished liars just like their founder Saul of Tarsus.