This is very valuable information! Does anyone know where to find the cited study? The numbers sound approximately right to me.
The media has made this out to be a much more widespread problem than it is. Don't get me wrong, if this leads to better screening of seminary candidates and more oversight by the Bishops of the Dioceses it will be a good thing. And the Bishops have to get rid of the more liberal members of Vocations Boards who have been systematically trying to get rid of the more 'orthodox' candidates in favor of those who fit their (the libs) idea of a 'good priest'; one who will be loosey goosey with Church teachings in order to change the Church from within. If that happens, it will be the best thing to happen for the Church in a long time!
Sometimes the healing process is painful, but we know that God is in charge, and if we are faithful, things will come out better after the hurt.
I loved Ann Coulter's column mentioning that the RATE of priest abuse (total numbers of priest compared to victims) is about the same as abuse among the faculty at Yale. But we don't hear the media screaming for 'changes' at Yale, do we?