I think they (the Almightly Org) take themselves extremely seriously.
So I would imagine they take any negative publicity extremely seriously. After all they are
Gods brethren, Jesus body, well lets just say it "god on earth" (in their minds).
To the degree they "react" to this will be to the degree their disillusion is functioning.
If they were smart (which they cant be because their ego is crowding out the room where intelligence would reside) they wouldnt react. Instead they would act.
Something new and shiny, some bells and whistles that people can ohh and ahh over.
another thing they could do, although this would be too shrewd and I dont think cooler heads will prevail to actually get it done...is to turn themselves in to a pedophile crushing machine. Saturate their literature, clean out their congs, form support groups and liason committees for the molested.
In short, jump in front of things to such a degree that they act as though they invented pedophile protection for the world.
You know, kind of the like the way they are acting like they invented web sites, television and the internet now?