The total amount of pedophilia + ephebophilia in the Catholic Clergy amounts to less than 2 percent — comparable to the rate among married men. This was the research finding of Pennsylvania State University Prof. Philip Jenkins, eminent religion and history scholar (and a non-Catholic ) who’s studied the church’s abuse problems for 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 Protestant denominations (Jenkins, Pedophiles and Priests).
Let me make a point about media distortion: you may be aware that a recent survey showed that most Americans wrongly "guestimate" that the percentage of homosexual/lesbians in the population is 20%, when really it's more like >2%. That's because of highly biased media coverage of (or even, fabrications of) gay-theme stories, whether on the news or in entertainment (TV dramas and sitcoms, etc.) Similarly, you seem to think that the percentage of priest-molesters is around 50%, when actually it' less than 2%, comparable to that of married men.
This may be related to some people's motivation in tirelessly trumpeting every allegation, proven or unproven, made about Catholic clergy, while maintaining a tight-lipped silence about every other category of clergy offender, or even professions which have a far, far higher rate of abuse, including athletic coaches, recreation directors, youth counselors, and public school teachers.
Well, if there is one thing they know at Penn State....
You know, that fact that you even have to have a pre-packaged response prepared about this for whenever it comes up ought to tell you there’s a problem...