What a disgrace! Interestingly enough, efforts on behalf of the Church to award this "prize" were put on a fast track/expedited perhaps to prevent a groundswelling of objection. On the otherhand, most who object to the behavior of ANYONE and/or ANY organization who protects people, including clerics, who abuse children AND rewards those who do, i.e. Cardinal Law (Boston), have expressed their opinion with their feet.
Don't complain for what you don't have - be thankful you don't get what you deserve.
Irish Proverb