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To: Proud2BeRight
As I'm sure you're aware, Orthodox priests can't marry either. Neither can monks or nuns of any church.

And as for "issues" (c'mon: "issues"?) --- if you're speaking of the sexual exploitation of children, that's way exceeded by abuse of children by teachers in the public schools:

"Sexual Abuse by Educators: Is Scrutinized: A draft report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education...estimates that millions of children are being affected by it during their school-age years.

"The scope of the problem appears to far exceed the priest abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, said Charol Shakeshaft, the Hofstra University scholar who prepared the report. The best data available suggest that nearly 10 percent of American students are targets of unwanted sexual attention by public school employees—ranging from sexual comments to rape—at some point during their school-age years, Ms. Shakeshaft said. "So we think the Catholic Church has a problem?" she said. "

To support her contention, Shakeshaft compared the priest abuse data with data collected in a national survey for the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation in 2000. Extrapolating data from the latter, she estimated roughly 290,000 students experienced some sort of physical sexual abuse by a school employee from a single decade—1991-2000. That compares with about five decades of cases of abusive priests.

Such figures led her to contend "the physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests."

Significantly related to: adults having extensive access to children.

Not signficantly related to: celibacy.

Google "Charol Shakeshaft" or look HERE.

230 posted on 12/17/2006 1:31:10 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Point of clarfication.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
"And as for "issues" (c'mon: "issues"?) --- if you're speaking of the sexual exploitation of children, that's way exceeded by abuse of children by teachers in the public schools:"

A quick look on the internet finds that in the US there are about 47,000 priests and 6,200,000 teachers. I see similar numbers of stories of abuse between the groups in Chicago area news. Although both are disgusting if there is even one event, to me there appears to be a disproportionate share from one group.

Personally, I have a very deep belief in Christ but a very callous view of organized churches and their leadership.
388 posted on 12/19/2006 5:18:21 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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