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The John jay report, specifically the graph at the beginning of this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3115960/posts

Pope JPII and Ratzinger being his right hand might have had something to do with it, or even a lot, but I have never seen anything that they might have done in the late 70s early 80s to actually support it being so.

You would think that if there was some sort of policy it would be fairly well known. Everyone incorrectly knocks them for all the abuse that happened on their watch, but they actually presided over a DRASTIC decrease in instances of abuse. But what exactly did they do to make it go down that much? No one can ever give me an answer.

Freegards

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“But what exactly did they do to make it go down that much? No one can ever give me an answer.”

Pope John Paul II opposed the policies of liberal homosexual bishops and priests in the U.S. He appointed faithful Catholics as bishops. He also responded to complaints by lay Catholics. It had to be behind the scenes and not in public but he did try to oppose the worst policies. And he did provide an avenue for lay Catholics to be heard.

Archbishop Weakland in Milwaukee embezzled church funds and gave them to his homosexual partner. When church employees and parishioners complained about homosexual priests approaching teenaged boys he threatened them with firing and law suits.

Archbishop Weakland complained continually about Pope JPII.

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Thanks for the link.