Bishop Accountability
Abuse Tracker
Daily guide to media coverage of clergy abuse worldwide, and especially in the US Roman Catholic church. More than 100,000 articles blogged since 2006.
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/
For the record, in 2002 the NY Times posted the results of a huge study they conducted on the subject going back 50 yrs. There were approximately 100,000 priests during that time frame, of which found 2.5% either plead guilty to or were credibly accused of sex abuse of minors. The majority of those cases actually involved adolescent boys, which could be due to the fact that the Church relaxed their standards for the priesthood in the 50s/60s, allowing homosexuals to infiltrate.
I’m a cradle Catholic and as a teen I came into contact with a few priests that we knew better than to be alone with. That occurs in every position of power, including protestant sects and in education. I’m sure it happens in mosques and madrassas but nobody has the guts to bring that up. It’s so much easier to go after Christians.
The bottom line is we’re all mortal with feet of clay and nobody should trust their elders 100%.