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Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, and sometimes you can judge a book by the author’s radio interviews.

Appearing on a St. Louis radio program hawking a new book about the Catholic abuse scandals, writer Michael D’Antonio, author of Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, claimed that to this day “not a lot of effort to protect kids” has been exerted by the Catholic Church.

In truth, because of the aggressive, groundbreaking measures enacted by United States bishops years ago, the Catholic Church is likely the safest environment for children today. Contemporaneous accusations of abuse against Catholic priests are extremely rare, recently averaging only 8.5 allegations per year for the entire United States.