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How old are the victims again? (Today I mean, not when the crimes happened).
How many were past the statute of limitations?
Just because something is in the news NOW doesn't mean that the numbers have increased.

Most of the "victims" I've seen and heard about are middle aged or later.

Here: some research:
http://www.usccb.org/nrb/nrbstudy/nrbreport.pdf
"There appears to be a significant surge in acts of abuse beginning in the 60s and continuing into the mid-80's."

Hmmm... wasn't the 80's when it started to become acceptable to be gay... hmmm...

How old are the victims again? (Today I mean, not when the crimes happened). How many were past the statute of limitations? Just because something is in the news NOW doesn't mean that the numbers have increased. Most of the "victims" I've seen and heard about are middle aged or later. Here: some research: http://www.usccb.org/nrb/nrbstudy/nrbreport.pdf "There appears to be a significant surge in acts of abuse beginning in the 60s and continuing into the mid-80's." Hmmm... wasn't the 80's when it started to become acceptable to be gay... hmmm...

So there were no gays in the priesthood prior to 1960?

Hmmmm...