Anyone very educated in the catholic churches history?

[Jenny A]

I have a catholic friend who insists that the catholic curch has done nothing wrong throughout history. He denies that priests ever rape children the majority of the time, and occasionally says that it was a bad priest, but that does not reflect on the catholic faith. It would be cool if someone could help me out, and give me some good information about the catholic churches fucked up history. I told him some stories, but guess it was not good enough. Please help me! He is driving me crazy with his ignorance

I don't think you need to be very educated in anything to refute that. Google will do all. But just to help you on your way---look up the crusades, the inquisition, nepotism among popes, missionaries in Africa and South America, sexual excesses of monks during the middle ages, the Catholic view of slavery in the 1600-1800s, the sale of indulgences, the propesity for people who've taken a vow of poverty to buy gold things, faked relics. . .