(August 21, 2021 at 2:55 pm)Helios Wrote:Quote:Here you go, mate.I wanted evidence that banning gay priests is what caused molestations to go down not a mere correlation of reported which by the way contradicts the fact most pedophiles are straight even ones who molest boys because pedophilia isn't about the sex of the victim. A more likely explanation is simply increased scrutiny of the church has either lead to molesters stopping molesting or they have become better at covering their tracks or the church is simply lying again and scapegoating gays.
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut...story.html
I think you can use logic here. The proportion of gay priests is declining; the rate of new cases of boy molestation has declined during the same time period. If you say it's a mere coincidence, do you have evidence it is?