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To: sinkspur

"Read the data. The vast majority of the abusers were ordained in their mid-20s. Very few were ordained in their 30s."
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Do you think it might be because when the abuses peaked practically ALL priests were ordained in their mid-20s?


15 posted on 07/19/2004 8:59:37 PM PDT by frnk
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To: frnk
Do you think it might be because when the abuses peaked practically ALL priests were ordained in their mid-20s?

Yep. And, now that men are delaying coming into seminaries, the incidences have dropped off dramatically.

16 posted on 07/19/2004 9:02:11 PM PDT by sinkspur (There's no problem on the inside of a kid that the outside of a dog can't cure.)
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