260 complaints in ONE YEAR. Tip of the iceburg. Ministers, Choir directors, youth ministers, office workers, janitors and volunteers. Acts against children under 18.
How many children did the Lutheran minister in Texas molest? How many times were the police called? Why were two multimillion dollar judgments by a JURY granted?
Yep. You’ve got ONE really nasty case there. One.
In the authoritative work by Penn State professor Philip Jenkins, Pedophiles and Priests*, it was determined that between .2 and 1.7 percent of priests are pedophiles. The figure among the Protestant clergy ranges between 2 and 3 percent. The reports of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior between Protestant clergy and adults is significantly higher.
*Philip Jenkins, Pedophiles and Priests (New York: Oxford University Press), pp. 50 and 81.