(June 6, 2013 at 11:10 am)Rahul Wrote: Oh, Nice! Let's break it down!No, 6,275 is the number of priests credibly or not implausibly accused.
Total Catholic Priests:
370,425
As of May 9, 2013, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has counted 6,275 clerics "not implausibly" and "credibly" accused in 1950-2012 of sexually abusing minors. The USCCB total omits allegations made in 2003.
So 6,275 is 1.69 percent of catholic priests that are credibly accused of sexually abusing minors.
Quote:EDIT: Oh, wait. That's 6,275 of Catholic priests in "America". Oops. Let me recalculate.Uh, Sherlock, your numerator represents 1950 - 2012 and your denominator is the current number only. Your conclusion is meaningless. Not to mention that you've given no data on the general public for comparison. Oops, I mentioned it!
American Catholic Priests 46,447.
*Shudders*
...13.5%?
13.5% KNOWN?
*BARFS!*
In 1996 a Penn State professor (non-Catholic) published a book in which he found no evidence of higher frequency of child sexual abusers among priests than among the general public.
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/the-myt...ile-priest
BTW I'm not Catholic, and if you can support your premise, it might be worthy of discussion.
On another site I used to frequent, the most vocal anti-Catholic atheist said that according to his studies, there was no greater frequency of child sexual abuse among clergy than in the general population. The cover-up was his complaint, and I agreed with him.
