The examples On Own Now mentioned are illustrative of the issue at hand: people assuming the worst and spreading that assumption, which subsequently is picked up and broadcast as fact.
I asked for a source specifically because I refuse to accept or validate ANYTHING (religious or not) when I can’t find any clear source reference – and even then I analyze the source prior to making a decision. Right now, this is nothing more than conjecture – and the examples to which people generally point as proof that the Church would do such a thing also are based on innuendo, assumption and, in some cases, distortion.
Am I saying it didn’t happen? Not at all. I’m saying there is no way to know and that, at this point, it is an accusation without any proof. I also am saying that, lacking any firm evidence, there is just as much chance that it didn’t happen as there is that it did.