Five percent comes to about two thousand accused.
“The 2004 John Jay Report was based on a study of 10,667 allegations against 4,392 priests accused of engaging in sexual abuse of a minor between 1950 and 2002.”
“Around 81% of these victims were male”
“The 4,392 priests who were accused amount to approximately 4% of the 109,694 priests in active ministry during that time.”
Source: Wikipedia.org Heading: Catholic sex abuse cases
And many more family members and friends have been accused. Also teachers are 10 times ahead of the priests, but we only hear about the priests.
Sigh................