[TSgt]

Ever try percentage numbers? You should look into it.

Sure, let's play down the offense by stating that only 5% of the Catholic clergy have been involved in sexual abuse cases (Per the Pope in September of 2009).

The problem with that tactic is that Christianity is the largest religion in the world followed by Islam. The earth currently has about 7 billion people and 2.2 billion call themselves Christian. The Catholic church makes up over half of those Christians or 1.1 billion people. So that small 5% of clergy who serve those 1.2 billion followers is a rather large number.

4392 priests and deacons in just the U.S. had substantiated claims by their diocese.

By my moral standards, 1 offense is 1 too many.

[Pope Pius XII]

And yet you’re using it to discredit the Catholic faith.

[Salvation]

How about one offense with teachers?

Does that make ALL the teachers offenders?

[BenKenobi]

Where did the pope say it was 5 percent? It’s 2 percent, not 5 that have been accused.

This is no different then in the general population.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Yes, just focus on preists and you miss the WHOLE problem which is all through society. THAT is the danger of the focus on priests.