Very interesting conclusion:
"Sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in the United States is a "historical problem" that has largely been resolved and that never had any significant correlation with either celibacy or homosexuality, according to an independent report commissioned by Catholic bishops — and subjected to fierce attack even before its release on Wednesday.
The report blamed the sexual revolution for a rise in sexual abuse by priests, saying that Catholic clerics were swept up by a tide of "deviant" behavior that became more socially acceptable in the 1960s and '70s."
"It also found no evidence that homosexuality was to blame. While more boys than girls have been abused, the report said, that is probably because priests had greater access to boys. In fact, it said, the incidence of sexual abuse in the priesthood began declining not long after a noticeable rise in the number of gay men entering Catholic seminaries in the 1970s."
Roman Catholic sex abuse: Report faults society for predator priests - latimes.com
Of course, rabid homophobes couldn't accept that homosexuality has nothing to do with sexual abuse:
"A conservative Catholic group objected to the report's exoneration of homosexuality as a cause of the abuse.
William Donohue, the outspoken president of the conservative Catholic League, noted on the group's website that the report found that 81% of abuse victims were male and 78% were beyond puberty. "Since 100% of the abusers were male, that's called homosexuality, not pedophilia or heterosexuality," he said."
Please READ The report which is pretty interesting because we have readership bias but it showed statistics that show something entirely different. Sexual abuse dropped dramatically for a while. Most of the shocking news about the Catholic abuse happened in the 1970's and late 80's:
http://www.usccb.org/mr/causes-and-...ic-priests-in-the-united-states-1950-2010.pdf
"Sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in the United States is a "historical problem" that has largely been resolved and that never had any significant correlation with either celibacy or homosexuality, according to an independent report commissioned by Catholic bishops — and subjected to fierce attack even before its release on Wednesday.
The report blamed the sexual revolution for a rise in sexual abuse by priests, saying that Catholic clerics were swept up by a tide of "deviant" behavior that became more socially acceptable in the 1960s and '70s."
"It also found no evidence that homosexuality was to blame. While more boys than girls have been abused, the report said, that is probably because priests had greater access to boys. In fact, it said, the incidence of sexual abuse in the priesthood began declining not long after a noticeable rise in the number of gay men entering Catholic seminaries in the 1970s."
Roman Catholic sex abuse: Report faults society for predator priests - latimes.com
Of course, rabid homophobes couldn't accept that homosexuality has nothing to do with sexual abuse:
"A conservative Catholic group objected to the report's exoneration of homosexuality as a cause of the abuse.
William Donohue, the outspoken president of the conservative Catholic League, noted on the group's website that the report found that 81% of abuse victims were male and 78% were beyond puberty. "Since 100% of the abusers were male, that's called homosexuality, not pedophilia or heterosexuality," he said."
Please READ The report which is pretty interesting because we have readership bias but it showed statistics that show something entirely different. Sexual abuse dropped dramatically for a while. Most of the shocking news about the Catholic abuse happened in the 1970's and late 80's:
http://www.usccb.org/mr/causes-and-...ic-priests-in-the-united-states-1950-2010.pdf
