Randy,
Just for the record, I don't think priests are more likely rapists than the general population. There's evidence that they are actually less likely to rape boys (or anyone else) than other men. (That's kind of interesting if you consider that there are a higher percentage of homosexuals in the Catholic clergy than there are in the general population.) What bothers me, and a goodly number of Catholics too, is that the church repeatedly not only did not report rape to the police, but put those raping priests right back out there with young boys in new communities.
Just for the record, I don't think priests are more likely rapists than the general population. There's evidence that they are actually less likely to rape boys (or anyone else) than other men. (That's kind of interesting if you consider that there are a higher percentage of homosexuals in the Catholic clergy than there are in the general population.) What bothers me, and a goodly number of Catholics too, is that the church repeatedly not only did not report rape to the police, but put those raping priests right back out there with young boys in new communities.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.