Is the catholic church a force for good?

[Darkstar]

Would it help alleviate your confusion to learn that there are atheists and pedophiles hiding in the clergy doing stuff with a clear conscience because, unlike real Christian priests who do think God
exists and punishes such sins, those atheists and pedophiles DONT CARE WHAT GOD THINKS.

I think you're missing my point. While I doubt that pedophiles are automatically non-"true" Christians, that has never been my argument. Even if we assume that all of the child molesters aren't "true christians" (or christians at all) that doesn't change the fact that sex abuse in the church has been covered up on a large scale, in fact it makes it even more confusing that the higher ups didn't deal with it, if the molester priests weren't "true christians" or the equivalent.