Weigel observes that priestly sex abuse is “a phenomenon that spiked between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s but seems to have virtually disappeared,” and that in recent years the Church has gone to great lengths to punish and remove priestly predators and to protect children. The result of these measures is that “six credible cases of clerical sexual abuse in 2009 were reported in the U.S. bishops’ annual audit, in a Church of some 65,000,000 members.”
6 priests out of the 65 million member church. It should be stated that there are not 65 million priests.
But I would be a lot more concerned about the children in our schools.
Or perhaps paperboys and papergirls for the New York Times might be in more danger...
Don’t forget the 15-year old runnaway in San Francisco.
So the number of Catholics in America is about 65,000,000?