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"the incidence of man/boy situations is FAR more prevelant in protestant clergy than in the Catholic church."

There is no excusing the abuse that went on in the Church, but to look at it with 20/20 hindsight is intellectually dishonest. It was, after all, believed to be a treatable and curable condition by the leading medical experts of the day and what is the Church but a hospital for sinners.

That said, the absolute safest place on earth for children now to be is in the presence of Catholic clergy. In the US Church, with over 60 million followers, there were only 7 credible claims of abuse last year. The information is not available as to the number of clergy involved and the age and gender of the victims, but that is orders of magnitude below any other similar family relationship, secular or religious institution.

Those who seek to form an automatic word association between Priest and Pedophile are only following the script written by the Nazi's in pursuing their so-called Morality Trials against the Church in the 1930s. I suspect that their ambitions and agendas are the same too.

Peace be with you

There is NO excuse for abuse that says ‘everybody’ is doing it. Most especially when the said claims are that the Catholics are the first only and oldest most member-ed church. Some mental gymnastics are required to ignore some claims simply are traditions of flesh beings. Literally Christ was the first protestant, He protested the ‘church’ hierarchy and they would not tolerate Him.

That said, the absolute safest place on earth for children now to be is in the presence of Catholic clergy.

Ah...

the wonderful system of the RCC declares it to be so; and it IS!