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To: goodwithagun; soycd
The total amount of pedophilia + ephebophilia in the Catholic Clergy amounts to less than 2 percent ---comparable to the rate among married men. This was the research finding of Pennsylvania State University Prof. Philip Jenkins, eminent religion and history scholar, and a non-Catholic who's studied clergy abuse problems for 20 years.

Jenkins said there has been no formal study comparing denominations for rates of child abuse. However, insurers have been assessing the risks since they began offering riders on liability policies in the 1980s. Two of the largest insurers report no higher risks in covering Catholic churches than Protestant denominations (Jenkins, Pedophiles and Priests).

The idea that there's some nutty "doctrine" among priests that results in sexual abuse, has been debunked time and time again.

It may, however, explain some people's motivation in tirelessly trumpeting every allegation, proven or unproven, made about Catholic clergy, while maintaining a tight-lipped silence about every other category of clergy offender.

20 posted on 02/05/2016 6:43:43 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("The problem ain't what people don't know. It's what they *do know* that ain't so." - Will Rogers)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

It ain’t how much as that there is any. Funding bringing islam into free countries is insane. Just one hidden case of diddling kids is too much.

It is not hard to be honest and defeat evil. islam, Dindus, illegals and Gibsmedats are evil. Defeat them, don’t defend them.


21 posted on 02/05/2016 6:47:08 PM PST by soycd
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