For example, never once stated that I'd only spent 5 minutes looking into this.

No, you just said that all the information you relied upon could be learned in 5 minutes. But good for you spending 2 years on something that should take 5 minutes.

Yes abuse was reported up the hierarchy.

All of it? As soon as a member of the clergy learned about it?

No, although the Vatican was aware they aren't going to do anything about it until someone finds out.

So, they weren't going to try to cover it up?

Both can be true.

Except the second statement differs from your original claim and makes your first statement more questionable. If the Vatican wasn't going fo do anything about it, why bother reporting it? You've also stated the Vatican didn't care about the abuse, again raising doubts about claims that all abuse was being reported.