Allen asserted that the sexual abuse crisis illustrated that "there is a lot about the American culture and the American Church that puzzles people in the Vatican, and there is much about the Vatican that puzzles Americans and English speakers generally."
Allen je utvrdio da je kriza seksualnog zlostavljanja ilustrirala da "postoji puno toga o američkoj kulturi i američkoj Crkvi što zbunjuje ljude u Vatikanu, ali i puno toga o Vatikanu što zbunjuje američke i engleske govornike općenito."