What do you think about the comments made to defend the Pope?

At a Good Friday service, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal preacher compared the many allegations that the pontiff has covered up sex abuse cases to the “more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.” But within hours, facing major criticism at the comparison, the Vatican distanced the pope from the preacher’s remarks.

Both Jewish and victims’ groups responded that it was inappropriate to compare the discomfort being experienced by the church leadership in the sex abuse scandal to the violence that culminated in the Holocaust. The Vatican has been on the defensive in recent days, saying the church has been singled out and collectively stereotyped for the problem of pedophilia, which it says is a society-wide issue. What do you think? Should the Pope denounce what his personal preacher said? Do you think the Pope knew what his personal preacher was going to say and allowed him to say it? And what about the cover-up?