[Mrs. Don-o]

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 --- reports (non-Catholic) researcher Philip Jenkins,in his book Pedophiles and Priests.

I think he references the three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America (Church Mutual, Guide One, and Brotherhood Mutual)

In other words, investigators who have a solid professional interest in analyzing the actual numbers --- insurance companies that cover church abuse liability issues --- say the figures are the same across the board for Catholic and Protestant churches.

[naturalman1975]

Australia has been having a very large scale Royal Commission (official inquiry) into historical institutional child sexual abuse - that's where this information about the Catholic Church has been presented.

One of the biggest things the inquiry is showing is that this type of abuse happened with almost any group, including all religious groups, both various Christian denominations, and non-Christian, and non-religious groups where evil people could use their position to get access to children.

The media really likes focusing on the Catholic Church, but the overwhelming evidence is this was far more 'universal' than that.