Italian priest, charged with abuse, commits suicide

CatholicCulture.org ^ | 10/29/14

[Beowulf9]

Well, that aught to get him in good with God.

[winner3000]

What a coward! He could have accepted the consequences of his actions and dedicated the rest of his life to making up for it. May God forgive his tormented soul.

[Veggie Todd]

That’s a good start.

[Gamecock]

**a 13-year-old girl**

Another chink in the FRoman Catholic meme that this is the result of homosexuals infiltrating the clergy.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Another chink in the FRoman Catholic meme that this is the result of homosexuals infiltrating the clergy.

Seriously, what is your point?

The John Jay Report concluded that 1-2% of Catholic priests commit sexual abuse, 2-3% of ministers, and 5-10% of government school teachers.

As far as I know, teachers and ministers are allowed to marry.

[Gamecock]

Stay focused here.

Your gang has repeatedly said that this is a homosexual issue.

[plain talk]

"John Jay Report, is a 2004 report by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, based on surveys completed by the Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States"

The report determined that, during the period from 1950 to 2002, a total of 10,667 individuals had made allegations of child sexual abuse. Of these, the dioceses had been able to substantiate 6,700 accusations against 4,392 priests in the USA, about 4% of all 109,694 priests who served during the time covered by the study

The John Jay report found that 81% of the victims were male; and of all the victims, 22% were younger than age 10, 51% were between the ages of 11 and 14, and 27% were between the ages of 15 and 17 years

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Your gang has repeatedly said that this is a homosexual issue.

OK. But... So what?

[Gamecock]

Just a another data point that perhaps that is entirely true.

Carry on.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

"John Jay Report, is a 2004 report by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, based on surveys completed by the Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States"

Where else would they get their data?

Where did the data come from for ministers?

For government school teachers?

The fact is, this is the most comprehensive ecclesial sexual abuse report that exists. Everything else is anecdotal or speculation.

Wikipedia actually has a decent entry on the subject.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Another chink in the FRoman Catholic meme that this is the result of homosexuals infiltrating the clergy.”

Agreed.

Apparently, it is both homos and pedophiles.