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Typical. Change the subject.

Sure, abuse by other professionals is terrible but as Catholics we need to care about what is happening in our Church.

I hate pedophile defenders.

Clergy sex allegations soar in the US: study

Apr 11, 2011

WASHINGTON — Allegations of sexual abuse involving the Roman Catholic clergy in the United States rose sharply last year to nearly 700 from around 400 in 2009, according to a church report Monday.

The vast majority of the allegations, 653, involved alleged abuse that occurred decades ago but whose "victims/survivors are just now finding the courage to report" them, the study said.

Thirty accusations were made by current minors, but only eight were deemed credible, said the US church's annual report on implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.

The number of victims was up sharply from 2009, when there were some 400 new allegations of clergy sex abuse in the United States.

Payouts were also up, rising from $104 million in 2009 to around $124 million last year.

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re you aware that over 50 percent of the accusations of priestly abuse of children were false? I know of two cases personally. (And in those cases the children — then adults — lied just to get the money.) State records proved them mistaken. Ha!

Think what that does to a priest’s life. And if a protestant minister is accused wrongly I sympathize with them.

I operated a business dealing with children — I knoow how children can lie.

Many of these cases were sought out by ambulance chasing attorneys out for a quick buck — often the cases were fabricated and the person accused was dead. It was all about the money........Get real.