“Only a very small percentage of Catholic priests, about 4 percent, abused children.”
ONLY 4 percent???? I’m guessing that’s HUGE compared to the general population.
“ONLY 4 percent???? I’m guessing that’s HUGE compared to the general population.”
It would be, but not compared to the population of men afflicted with same-sex attraction disorder. About a third of the sex crimes involving children are committed by this two percent of the population.
However, I think the 4% number refers to priests who misbehaved with parishoners of all ages and both sexes. Only a tiny, tiny number actually molested children. The huge bulk — I’ve heard numbers ranging from 80% to 99% — were the archetypal predation of men who suffer from SSAD on youths past puberty but not yet to full adulthood.
Four percent is a BETTER average than the general population.
A group that is WAY above the general population with regard to sexual abuse is public schrool teachers.