In response to a recent question.....According to The New York Times, since 1980, incidents of pedophilia among Catholic priests was lower than among protestant clergy and MUCH lower than the general population. According to Newsweek the total number of child molestations among ALL US clergy in one year was under 900 and over 30,000 in our schools. Where are our children safest?
2006-07-17 05:22:46 · 16 answers · asked by Shaun T 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
At home.
2006-07-17 05:24:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Locked in a closet at home where neither mommy nor daddy can touch them inappropriately....
What are you getting at? that churches are still safer because they sexually molest LESS children than the general population?? Yeah, thats a great reason to ship your kids off to Christian summer camp....
2006-07-17 05:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that is an unfair comparison. Of COURSE it's going to be lower in church schools. There are less church schools than public schools - any day! The problem is that we're not taking the proper accountability as parents to PREVENT the problem. Therein lies the downfall of the two - income households....
2006-07-17 05:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by snomeow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With gay parents. Straight parents are much more likely to molest or kill their kids than gay parents. They are also (somewhat) less likely to hand their kids off to some stranger just because the person is part of a church.
2006-07-17 05:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry but that sounds very biast. but these things are coming to light much more now than they would have 20 or 50 years ago then children were not believed.
2006-07-17 05:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe any child reared christian should be taken to foster care because the parents did a bad job the minute they raised the child christian.
2006-07-17 05:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statistics are just numbers. Children today are prey to many pedofiles in this world. Keep your children close to you as best as you can. The best way to keep your children safe today in this sick and twisted world, is never to have any.
2006-07-17 05:28:09 · answer #7 · answered by Carol M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
risk-free practices relies in know-how. If young ones understand what form of issues (like invites from digital strangers to fulfill for a face-to-face) are risky, then there's a extra desirable margin of risk-free practices. tutor your infants!
2016-11-02 05:24:51 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont doubt that it is higher at one time or another for any one group. that is because when this thing is made public, there is a "sweeping" of that segment of the clergy.
therefore, what looks like a "lull" in abuse, may just not be made public because of one factor or another.
-eagle
2006-07-17 05:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by eaglemyrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small town
2006-07-17 05:30:30 · answer #10 · answered by Randall M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a different country.
2006-07-17 05:25:54 · answer #11 · answered by Obilee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋