Yes, it is relevant for one important reason, anyone with a criminal record is barred from adopting children.
I don't believe that the statistics I saw went into the criminal background of the molester. It was limited to numbers of boys molested by men, number of boys molested by women and the same sort of info for girls.
Since it was a record of what happened instead of a projection of what might happen, prior criminal history didn't enter in to it.
Paul you bring up a very good point. Background of adoptive parents.
The winnowing process to find adoptive parents is very thorough (more so in some states than others) It involves finding every trait or habit that could be hazardous to a child and eliminating the prospective parents until they fix that shortcoming. Everything from smoking to having a less than spotless house will eliminate someone from contention. Being overweight, having insufficient earnings, too many divorces, mental illnes etc will all prevent people from being able to adopt.
So, having the mental disease known generally as homosexuality should also eliminate people from being able to adopt. It's just not healthy for the kids. Regardless of if the prosepctive parents have a criminal history or not, the statistics warn against placing kids with sodomites
You need to recheck your information, people are not barred from adopting on those standands. For example, the insufficient earnings (unless the person is jobless) is incorrect concerning the states gives adopted parents a monthly check to up raise the adopted children.