[Jack Hydrazine]

Show me the statistics between the number of rabbis sexually abusing children compared to the Catholic priests.

[miss marmelstein]

Sexual abuse in Orthodox communities does happen a lot. It is swept under the table along with the inbreeding that occurs within that group. I doubt statistics even exist. This does not diminish the good people of that community - this stuff happens everywhere.

[Mrs. Don-o]

If you're actually looking for an answer there --- that is, if you're interested in the facts --- you'll want to read "Pedophiles and Priests" by Philip Jenkins, who has been studying this phenomenon professionally for more than 20 years. Jenkins said there has been no formal study comparing denominations for rates of child abuse. However, insurers have been assessing the risks since they began offering riders on liability policies in the 1980s. Two of the largest insurers report no higher risks in covering Catholic churches than other denominations. (This was not broken down into subsets with regard to Orthodox Jews or Methodists, Mormons or whatever.)

People who insist on portraying homosexuality or sexual abuse as a particularly Catholic thing, despite the consistent research findings to the contrary from sources like Jenkins, Charol Shakeshaft, and the John Jay Report (John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York Historical Overview of the Problem of Sexual Abuse in the United States), cause me to seriously suspect their competence or their motivation.