(June 17, 2015 at 5:14 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(June 17, 2015 at 3:48 pm)whateverist Wrote: Do either of you seriously think pedophilia is more rampant among public school teachers than it is with Catholic priests?
That is one question. Another is, do either of you seriously think there has been the same effort to cover it up when it emerges as there has been among the priesthood?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes for either of you I would appreciate knowing the source for your opinion, assuming there is one.
It is the failure of the Catholic leadership not to seek legal intervention for its priests the way I believe every school system would always do in regards to its teachers which I find the most reprehensible.
Here is site that offers multiple sources if you click on "read more"
Well I did look into it and found it based on just one report filed by a Ms. Shakeshaft of Hofstra University. Many news sources trumpeted it as "news many were afraid to report". But by far, many more shamelessly did pass this unsound report on. This report by Wendy McElroy exposes many flaws. One passage of McElroy's report:
Quote:Among the questions asked of students by the one AAUW study was, “during your whole school life, how often, if at all, has anyone (this includes students, teachers, other school employees, or anyone else) done the following things to you when you did not want them to? Made sexual comments, jokes, gestures or looks.” A list of 13 other behaviors follows.
The question seems to be the nexus at which sexual abuse in school is established. Thus, the 10 percent figure properly includes “sexual abuse” by fellow students and other non-school employees. That fact alone invalidates the AAUW study for Shakeshaft’s purposes. It also invalidates her conclusions.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1331
It looks to me as if Shakeshaft is a discredited source, and the only source, for exaggerated figures for sexual abuse in the public schools. I'm going back to find out more about Shakeshaft and whether Hofstra or any other university is still associated with her. This looks like your typical conspiracy theory. Child abuse happens wherever adults work with kids. But it is telling that so many Catholic websites are still trumpeting Shakeshaft's report. Rather than unearthing a coverup by the public schools, it looks as though you have brought to our attention one more attempt to by the Catholic church to spin its cover-up of its own sex scandals.
