[ultima ratio]

There were something like an average of 28 cases annually in Boston prior to Vatican II. Right after Vatican II the numbers shot up into the hundreds annually. Gays are the problem--and the liberals who pushed their agenda following Vatican II.

[maryz]

I think you're remembering wrong. I posted this elsewhere, but it's relevant here (I added the year count and the averages):

The Boston Herald (7/24?) ran a summary of the Attorney General's report on the Archdiocese of Boston. According to archdiocesan records, instances of abuse reported were:

1940-1959 (20 years) – 24 (a bit over one per year)
1960-1969 (10 years) – 163 (over 16 per year)
1970-1979 (10 years) – 282 (almost 30 per year)
1980-1984 (5 years) --- 107 (over 21 per year)
1984-1992 (9 years) --- 86 (between 9 and 10 per year)
1993-2000 (8 years) --- 33 (a bit over 8 per year)

No date (whatever that means) -- 94 I don't know why the Herald broke out the years the way they did (except that I think Law started in 1984).

[Thorondir]

You got that right, my friend. Have you read the great essay; "The Elephant in the Sacristy"?

BTW, my brother: Rome is NOT the problem. Some apostate punks in Rome ARE the problem, along with the Ultra-Lib modernists and their gay-wad "special-ones" in the clergy.

[narses]

"Gays are the problem--and the liberals who pushed their agenda following Vatican II."

Yep,that's right.