debating Catholic priest child molestation stats with artst fartsy Lib cousin.?

Question

Anyone know any hard stats on percentage of Priest's that do the hhhhiiit?

Answer 1

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a national study in 2004-FEB which concluded that about 4% of all U.S. priests since 1950 have been accused of sexual abuse of children. However: There are probably many victims who have remained silent and not come forward to accuse their abuser(s).There are probably many adults who have come forward to accuse priests, who have false recovered memories of abuse that never happened.There may be some adults who knowingly falsely accuse innocent priests of abuse in order to collect compensation.

Answer 2

Prof. Philip Jenkins, a non-Catholic and Professor of History and Religious Studies at Penn State University, published the book Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis in 1996. In it, he calculated that approximately 0.2 percent of Catholic priests are child molesters.[22] His 2002 article "The myth of the 'pedophile priest'"[23] expresses his views. In contrast to Louise Haggett's statement, Professor Jenkins states:

"My research of cases over the past 20 years indicates no evidence whatever that Catholic or other celibate clergy are any more likely to be involved in misconduct or abuse than clergy of any other denomination -- or indeed, than nonclergy. However determined news media may be to see this affair as a crisis of celibacy, the charge is just unsupported."
Furthermore, there remains the simple fact that a Catholic priest suffering sexual temptations is not likely to turn immediately to a teenage boy simply because Church discipline does not permit clergy to marry. Supporters of clerical celibacy suggest, then, that there is some other factor at work

Answer 3

The percentage of pedophilia in the Catholic priesthood has the very same ratio as in any other organization, church, and public gathering.
It's just that the bishops handled their problem so badly that it put the Catholic priests as a whole in a nasty light.

Answer 4

Well, I think that one is one too many.
I don't really care about statistics on the matter.
Many diocese in the USA are going bankrupt due to the high cost of the pedophile priests victims law suits. This is an indication that the problem is not just a statistic. Hundreds of victims came forward...

Answer 5

So you're looking to protect the Priests?

Good luck. They've been banging little boys behinds for 2,000 years on a global scale.

Answer 6

do the hit?

If that was your kid getting abused, would you appreciate someone using such a casual description?