How 'bout a "Protestant Caucus thread" regarding all the sexual abuse cases in Protestant churches..you two clowns can look over these stats and have a real good “Haha”...funny I don't ever recall little ms. murphy ever posting all the sexual abuses by Protestants which just so happen to outnumber those in the Catholic church...laugh that one off "snake"...
A look at abuse data in Protestant churches
June 14, 2007, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A look at reports of sex abuse of minors from three companies that together insure the majority of U.S. Protestant churches.
Church Mutual Insurance Co.
- Total number of clients insured: 96,000
- Number of churches-worship centers insured: 95,000
- Number of other religious groups insured: 1,000
- Top five denominations insured: United Methodist - 10,000 churches; Southern Baptist - 9,600 churches; Assemblies of God, - 4,000 churches; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - 3,300 churches; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - 2,600 churches.
- Reports on sex abuse of minors: Company has received an average of about 100 reports a year alleging child sex abuse over the past decade.
- Other sexual misconduct: Company has received an average of about 100 reports a year alleging other sexual misconduct over the past decade.
- Total amount in claims paid: Declined to release because company deems figure proprietary information.
GuideOne Insurance Co.
- Total number of clients insured: 45,000
- Number of churches-worship centers insured: 43,495
- Number of other religious groups insured: 1,505
- Top five denominations insured: Baptist (all types) - 10,922 churches; Presbyterian- 2,812 churches; Lutheran- 2,665 churches; Methodist - 1,742 churches; Disciples of Christ/Christian Church of America - 1,391 churches.
- Reports on sex abuse of minors: Company has received an average of about 160 reports of child sex abuse a year for the past two decades.
- Other sexual misconduct: Company has received an average of about 40 reports of sexual misconduct each year for the past two decades.
- Total amount in claims paid: Over the last five years, GuideOne has averaged approximately $4 million per year in child sex abuse and sexual misconduct settlements, excluding attorney fees.
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.
- Total number of clients insured: 30,000
- Number of churches-worship centers insured: 27,000
- Number of other religious groups insured: 3,000
- Top five denominations insured: Southern Baptists - 4,000 churches; Assemblies of God - 2,300 churches;
- Non-denominational (churches that haven’t claimed an affiliation) - just under 2,300;
United Methodist - under 2,000; Independent Baptists - under 2,000
- Reports on sex abuse of minors: Company has received an average of 73 reports of BOTH child sex abuse and other sexual misconduct each year for the past 15 years. The company did know how many of that total were child sex abuse cases and how many were other sexual misconduct because it doesn’t organize its data that way.
- Total amount in claims paid: Total of approximately $7.8 million has been paid out in claims for sexual misconduct and child sex abuse over the past 15 years.
Sources: Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co., GuideOne Insurance Co. and Church Mutual Insurance Co.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Protestants_Sex_Abuse_Glance.html
The Catholic Church has reported that since 1950, 13,000 “credible accusations” have been brought against Catholic clerics (about 228 per year.) The fact that this number includes all credible accusations, not just those that have involved insurance companies, and still is less than the number of cases in Protestant churches reported by just three insurance companies.
Take a breath, cowboy ... it was a joke. Over-sensitivity is not a virtue.
I skipped the rest of your extremely lengthy post, because it was a complete non-sequitur. Nobody was talking about sex abuse.
SnakeDoc
***The Catholic Church has reported that since 1950, 13,000 “credible accusations” have been brought against Catholic clerics (about 228 per year.)***
Asking the Roman Catholic to self report on this is like asking an alcoholic to count how many drinks he had last night.
Well, I think we should recognize that America is primarily based on Protestant culture while Europe is based on Catholic culture. Europeans are a lazy lot while America believes in hard work and free-enterprise. This is not a tangential issue, but the primary impetus for entrepreneurship in America comes from the Protestant culture. I am afraid that if too many Catholics pour into the US from Mexico, we will soon see “revolutions” here too like in other Catholic countries.