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Perverts have done damage everywhere. The worm their way into any profession that provides an endless supply of victims; preaching, teaching, coaching, driving a bus and babysitting.

The only reason the Catholic church had more than it's fair share, compared to other religions, is because of its size.

US Religion Statistics, 2004*:

Denomination name	Members (thousands)
The Roman Catholic Church	66,407
Southern Baptist Convention	16,248
United Methodist Church, The	8,251
Church of God in Christ, The	5,500
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	5,411
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	5,038
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc	5,000
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc	3,500
Presbyterian Church (USA)	3,407
Assemblies of God	2,687
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), The	2,513
African Methodist Episcopal Church	2,500
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America	2,500
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc	2,500
Episcopal Church	2,334
Churches of Christ	1,500
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	1,500
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc	1,500
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,484
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,431
United Church of Christ	1,331
Baptist Bible Fellowship International	1,200
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1,072
Jehovah's Witnesses	1,022
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	945
Seventh-day Adventist Church	919
Orthodox Church in America, The	900
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	850
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	786

NOTE: Includes the self-reported membership of religious bodies with 650,000 or more as reported to the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Groups may be excluded if they do not supply information. The data are not standardized so comparisons between groups are difficult. The definition of “church member” is determined by the religious body.

I used clergy as generic for all church officials of all christian denominations. I wasn't signaling out one in particular.

>The only reason the Catholic church had more than it's fair share, compared to other religions, is because of its size.<

You could use these numbers to explain why the Catholic Church would have more Homosexuals among its membership but it does not work for ministry problem.The Southern Baptist have more congregations in the United States than Catholics have Priests.(45,000 vs. 42,0000)It is a safe assumption their are in excess of 80,000 full time Southern Baptist ministers in the US.

If you add all of the Non-Catholic ministers together they probably out number Catholic Priest 3 or 4 to 1.I guess I should stop now.These figures seem to point to 25% of the ministry being responsible for 75%(swag)of the problem.

The only reason the Catholic church had more than it's fair share, compared to other religions, is because of its size.

This is undoubtedly a factor, but how many of these other churches are having to sell off a lot of their assets to pay abuse claims? As I recall there was an Episcopal diocese in Canada that had a lot of abuse claims stemming from a home for children that they ran many years ago, but it's hard to think of many others. In contrast the RCC has problems in many states.

The Lutheran Church (ELCA) has its membership concentrated in a few states in the midwest where they are sometimes the dominant religion or close to it. If they were having as serious a problem as the RCC, there would be a multitude of abuse cases and diocesan bankruptcies in these states, but you don't hear about this from the media or the courts.