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It is the belief of the Catholic League that no meaningful conversation can take place on this issue without having some baseline data regarding the incidence of abuse that occurs outside the Catholic Church. That was the sole intent of this special report, and if it contributes to that end, then it will have been a success.

This is 100% BS and nothing more then then the Catholic Church trying to get the monkey off it's back.

I doubt you will find any denomination that doesn't have it's bad apples. But to say "without having some baseline data regarding the incidence of abuse that occurs outside the Catholic Church." is like any of us saying "I'm a good person because I'm not as bad as the guy next door"

The baseline is God's choice, and He has set it a little higher then the RCC is setting it if it's going to use this criteria to set their baseline.

This is one of the most ludicrious articles I have seen yet on this issue. I'd LOL, if it wasn't so sad.

Becky

The baseline is God's choice, and He has set it a little higher then the RCC is setting it if it's going to use this criteria to set their baseline.

Then it would make sense for you to be equally concerned about abusive ministers, which, according to these statistics, slightly outnumber abusive priests, as a percentage of their total number.

Of course, any rational person is concerned about child abuse of any kind. But the concern must be focused where the problem lies. So we should be concerned about child abuse in homes (especially where a stepfather is present), schools, and clergy, in that order.