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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Interesting report:

From Hofstra University’s professor Charol Shakeshaft.

. “SEXUAL ABUSE IN SOCIAL CONTEXT:
CATHOLIC CLERGY AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS”

According to a survey by the Washington Post, over the last four decades, less than 1.5 percent of the estimated 60,000 or more men who have served in the Catholic clergy have been accused of child sexual abuse.[iv]

Finally, 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.[xxii]

Shakeshaft has also determined that 15 percent of all students have experienced some kind of sexual misconduct by a teacher between kindergarten and 12th grade; the behaviors range from touching to forced penetration.[xxxvi]

In a survey for the Wall Street Journal-NBC News, it was found that 64 percent of the public thought that Catholic priests frequently abused children.[xxxix] This is outrageously unfair, but it is not surprising given the media fixation on this issue

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


8,387 posted on 10/03/2010 2:38:07 PM PDT by francky (Pro Life!)
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To: francky
Yes, we have all sorts of fiction coming out of Rome and being mouthed by other Roman Catholics.

Look around. In our small town two priests were convicted of sexually abusing young boys.

There's hardly a town or parish that hasn't experienced this same kind of sexual abuse.

Over $2,000,000,000 recently paid out in settlements in the U.S. alone.

And while sexual abuse can occur in public schools, it is primarily heterosexual. In Roman Catholic schools and churches, it is overwhelmingly homosexual.

8,390 posted on 10/03/2010 2:56:08 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: francky; Dr. Eckleburg
"Interesting report:"

Francky, I've seen her presented with this and numerous other corroboirating studies at least a dozen times without any effect. The truth is not important when the Catholic Church can be slandered.

8,397 posted on 10/03/2010 3:21:46 PM PDT by Natural Law (A lie is a known untruth expressed as truth. A liar is the one who tells it.)
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To: francky

Don’t cloud the issue with reported facts that go against popular opinion. /so


8,487 posted on 10/04/2010 9:36:21 AM PDT by Jaded (I realized that after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F)
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