1. What is the rate (number of abusers per capita) of all sexual abusers (gay, straight, over or underage) among the general population?
2. What is the rate (number of abusers per capita) of all sexual abusers among the Catholic Clergy?
3. What is the rate among all non-Catholic Clergy?
Raw numbers alone are most likely misleading. The protestant numbers in the article are certainly misleading because they include a significant number of non-Clergy.
I don't think any of us really want to talk about the sexual proclivities of entire populations broken out by faith.
I am only interested in a breakdown of age and sex of the offender as well as the victim,type of offense,disposition of the case in both civil and criminal courts,disposition in complaints handled by the church(how much money was paid and to whom and for what reasons)in the Catholic Church.I have repeatedly suggested that the bishops committee require all bishops to give an accounting of all sexual complaints in their diocese.
If the Church is to be a light unto the world it is imperative that they bring these "secrets" out in the open.America is on the brink of the abyss and in order to avoid falling into it,the American public needs the information that would allow them to reconsider the path we seem to have chosen and go back to the Triune God.While it's a risk,I believe people are attracted to Truth,(which is God)and will choose Him.On the other hand it may be that they actually would choose the Culture of Death.
Nonetheless,I believe men,who are considered to be successors of the Apostles, have an obligation to present the teachings of Jesus Christ,Who is the Way,the Truth and the Life,clearly,honestly and completely.To do less is a to be a pawn of Satan.