A question for parents

[thesummerqueen]

There are more reports of child molesting teachers in the news than there are such reports about child molesting clergymen. The teachers, especially women ones, get off with just a slap on the wrist.

The victims of clergymen usually wait until the priest is dead before filling a claim. That way they can score some easy money.

Given that teachers outnumber clergy, and children spend more time with teachers than with clergy, it's not surprising that there are more reports of problems with teachers than clergy. Does anyone have some solid statistics so we can draw conclusions, rather than just guessing based on the number of cases we've each personally noticed in the news?

Yes, please.

But without waiting for them - teachers are licensed and bound by law. Clergy aren't when their organization protects them - not until mounting evidence forces secular officials to move in. Child-care facilities here in the US usually have to also have licenses...unless they're religiously based. People assume religion makes you more likely to NOT be a molester. I'd argue that molesters are more likely to be drawn to jobs in which they're given unfettered access to victims...like religious organizations in which a divine authority can be appealed to in order to get what they want.