the_silent_one1984

the_silent_one1984 t1_ixil62t wrote

You are misreading. It is not saying 55.7% of priests are accused. It is saying out of the accused priests, 55.7% have had one formal allegation.

If you read further down in the article:

"The product of the study, titled the John Jay Report indicated that some 11,000 allegations had been made against 4,392 priests in the USA. This number constituted approximately 4% of the priests who had served during the period covered by the survey (1950–2002)."

So, yes, not denying it's a problem, but it's incorrect to say 55.7% of priests are accused child molesters.

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