[Old_Mil]

81 percent of the victims were male. And most of the male victims were adolescents between the ages of 11 and 17. The offenses were committed almost entirely by gay men who had been ordained as priests.

So the following questions can be asked: Was it primarily the Catholic Church, or the Homosexual Community, that committed the abuse? Which was a more significant factor leading to the abuse: the abusers' homosexuality, or their Catholicism?

The homosexuals were the abusers (surprise, surprise) - the Catholic Church served as the enabler. Read the book, "Goodbye, Good Men" for some of the background on why things turned out the way they were.

[BigJohn44]

Well put. Gays were the offenders; the Catholic church was the enabler. Most people would put the lions share of the blame on the offenders.