[Guyin4Os]

Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia. 10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia.

10% of Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia? What a scandalous lie you just told. Please correct it.

[Responsibility2nd]

What a scandalous lie you just told. Please correct it.

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Forget it. Scroll up and see where I had already reported this to the mods. But as expected, they agree with this claim.

[SeekAndFind]

I am not saying that I agree with it. I am saying that there are many sources that quote this figure.

See here for instance :

http://www.catholicleague.org/research/pedophiles_and_priests.htm

and here :

http://www.aboutcatholics.com/faith_beliefs/church_holy/

I don’t need to correct something I did not originate. I am simply QUOTING articles.

[SeekAndFind]

Now that I’ve quoted certain sources, let me challenge the figures posted by those who quote the 10% figure.

We should be very wary and cautious in accepting any statistical data quoted by ANYONE without quoting the source of the information at all. The entire number is very suspect from my point of view. Do you honestly want me to believe that 1 in 10 pastors that I meet who pastor churches in America are sexual perverts ?

Let’s make an estimation. If the word “Protestant” means non-Catholic, then, according to Wikipedia , see here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States

That would mean close to 52% of America ( rounded) is Protestant. That’s about 160 Million people right there. Assuming an average Pastor to Congregation ratio of 1 to 100, you have close to 1.5 million pastors in the USA.

see here :

http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/fastfacts/fast_facts.html#sizecong

They say that there are 600,00 clergy in Mainline Protestant Churches. This does not count the non-mainline Evangelical ones that are growing the fastest. A quick estimate based on the 10% Pedophile figure some websites are telling us makes the claim suspect.

They claim to be telling us that there is an estimated 100,000 non-catholic pastors who are pedophiles !! You expect me to believe that ??

They want us to believe that over 100,000 pastors could qualify for membership in NAMBLA !

I challenge the originator of this stat to name his source and the sample data for the study before he expects people like me to believe this figure.

THERE, I SAID IT.