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.
Again, your first source compares the misnamed pedophilia as “2-3%” for protestant, and “.2-1.7%” for catholics.
Your 10% pedophilia number was a mistake in reading on your part.
The ranges are in the guessed values, and no evidence is given to support any particular value in the range, so even by the biased Catholic source, it could be that the Protestant number is 2%, and the Catholic number is 1.7%, hardly a difference.
And remember, we KNOW who the “Catholic Church” is, they are a well-defined, heirarchical, highly controlled church structure, with Priests who are supposedly highly vetted and monitored.
Among “protestant churches” are hundreds of denominations and independent groups, some KNOWN to not really be particularly faithful to the teachings of the Bible, or even Christian for that matter (for example, unitarian universalists are considered “protestant”).
Let’s see a comparison between the Catholic Church, and the Presbyterian-PCA church. I don’t think you’d like that one. Trying to defend your specific church by smearing MY specific church by citing statistics that are likely driven by churches I have nothing to do with is silly.
I could quote from an article that claims the Pope is possessed by demons. Why would I do that if I weren’t trying to make some kind of point?
The article you cited did not state that 10% of protestant ministers have been convicted of pedophilia. So I ask you one more time to please correct the lie you told.