I was going to post that number but chose to go more conservative. You tell me ... how many non-Catholic Churches are there in the world? 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 ... who can keep track? The Lutheran Church has just split again after I'm not sure how many other splits. Luther opened a "Pandora's Box" when he insisted that the Bible could be interpreted by individuals and that It is the sole authority of Christianity. Why do we have so many different non-Catholic Christian denominations? The reason is individuals' "different" interpretations of the Bible.
We have an even better system, it doesn't completely eliminate this problem, but it hasn't been as bad as what your church has experienced. Our clergy are usually heterosexual married men.
Celibacy bears no causal relation to any type of deviant sexual addiction including pedophilia. In fact, married men are just as likely as celibate priests to sexually abuse children (Jenkins, Priests and Pedophilia). In the general population, the majority of abusers are regressed heterosexual men who sexually abuse girls. Women are also found to be among those sexual abusers. While it's difficult to obtain accurate statistics on childhood sexual abuse, the characteristic patterns of repeat child sex offenders have been well described. The profiles of child molesters never include normal adults who become erotically attracted to children as a result of abstinence (Fred Berlin, "Compulsive Sexual Behaviors" in Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors [Boston: NCBC, 1998]; Patrick J. Carnes, "Sexual Compulsion: Challenge for Church Leaders" in Addiction and Compulsion; Dale O'Leary, "Homosexuality and Abuse").
Maybe the problem was never as bad because we didn't let as many homosexuals get ordained.
So now I’m signing off this thread. Have a blessed Thanksgiving and the last word.
Maybe with pedophilia, but that defies all logic with post pubescent homosexual abuse.
The question I asked is why don't RC's just demand all clergy, priests and bishops, involved in the acts or the cover up that followed demand they leave the clergy forever?
how many non-Catholic Churches are there in the world? 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 ... who can keep track?
Who cares. If they believe THE GOSPEL they're Christians.