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  • Study debunks theories on priests' sex abuse

    11/17/2009 10:48:43 PM PST · by malkee · 37 replies · 948+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | November 18.2009 | Ann Rodgers
    Researchers at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, reporting initial findings in their look into causes of the Catholic church's 2002 sexual-abuse scandal, yesterday said they can't attribute it to gay priests or seminaries for teenagers. "We do not have data to support ... those assertions," said Karen Terry, lead researcher for the $1.8 million study commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is meeting this week in Baltimore. Dr. Terry presented her interim report on the same day that the bishops conference also adopted a pastoral letter on marriage and a statement on reproductive technologies...