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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (8162)4/11/2002 9:22:32 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
I'm watching a priest/psychologist, a Father Rossetti, on CNN right now who is providing some interesting numbers. He says that two thirds of priests who abuse children were victims themselves as children, 1.6 to 2 percent of priests have been sexually active with children, and that all but 2-3 percent (I didn't catch the exact number) of priests who are treated are able to go on and lead celibate lives. I thought you might find the numbers interesting. They're smaller than the impression one gets from the news.

He also mentioned something that hadn't occurred to me. He said that the reason the Church is adjudicating so many of these cases rather than reporting the offenders to police is that the statute of limitations has run out before the victims come forward.

FWIW.
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