Commentator Tom Hoopes wrote that: during the first half of 2002, the 61 largest newspapers in California ran nearly 2,000 stories about sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, mostly concerning past allegations.
评论员汤姆·霍普思（Tom Hoopes）写道： 在2002年的上半年，加利福尼亚州的61家最大的报纸刊登了近2,000篇有关天主教会性虐待案的报道，其中大多数涉及过去的指控。