Posted: Jun 22, 2013 4:51 pm
Shrunk wrote:Mick wrote:Um, in my OP, I cited my sources. They're under the heading 'links and resources'
Sorry, my bad.
From the source you particularly recommended:According to the best available data (which is pretty good mostly coming from a comprehensive report by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2004 as well as several other studies), 4% of Catholic priests in the USA sexually victimized minors during the past half century. No evidence has been published at this time that states that this number is higher than clergy from other religious traditions. The 4% figure appears lower than school teachers during the same time frame and certainly less than offenders in the general population of men.
How is it known that this does not simply reflect that the Church made greater and more effective efforts to cover up abuse than schools did?
The schools never did a cover up where as the church was doing it from day 1.