Without access to the original statement, I wouldn't trust the news to be necessarly accurate.
That certainly won't be the official line from the Vatican, however, within any larger organisation there will always be people stupid enough to say stupid things - the church is not exempt from idiots.
But doesn't this kind of response from the church...
1) ...admit in this case that there was abuse, and therefore...
2) does actually shift the blame onto the victim? And from a church--whom you would normally "trust" to look after the welfare of its charges?
Can you provide a link to either:
a. the original statements
or
b. at least a reliable account from a reputatable and unbiased news source. (if such exists)
If the above is in fact what is happening here, isn't this how the homosexual movement generally would interpret things--that is, if you are taken advantage of, it is your fault...and
Crap. The homosexual community does not, and has no reason to say, anything like this.
A very poor and transparent attempt at smear tactics.