Priest Abuse and Clergy Sexual Abuse Information

When someone asks a question with the word Catholic in it, there is always one or two answers about Priests and Altar Servers.

According to a survey by the Washington Post, over the last four decades, less than 1.5 percent of the estimated 60,000 or more men who have served in the Catholic clergy have been accused of child sexual abuse.[iv] According to a survey by the New York Times, 1.8 percent of all priests ordained from 1950 to 2001 have been accused of child sexual abuse.[v] Thomas Kane, author of Priests are People Too, estimates that between 1 and 1.5 percent of priests have had charges made against them.[vi] Of contemporary priests, the Associated Press found that approximately two-thirds of 1 percent of priests have charges pending against them.[vii] (see link below)

Please do not judge all Priests. many are innocent so why blame them all?

http://www.catholicleague.org/research/abuse_in_social_context.htm
No I cannot, what about other Religions, doesn’t it happen there? Yes and twice as much!
Mailman I am not ashamed, I have met a lot of decent Priests and why should I be ashamed standing up for what I believe in
Diane read the link the statistics are there for all walks of life made by the
Sexual Abuse in con text

When the catholic church tried to sweep the abuse under the rug is when the big target got painted.. If the catholic church had taken care of the priests instead of protecting them the catholic church would not be such a big target now…

Where are your statistics to back up your comment "No I cannot, what about other Religions, doesn’t it happen there? Yes and twice as much!" Unless you have the statistics to back it up it’s simly judging all other religious leaders by what a few do…

Don;t make an entire post about not blaming all for what a few do then make an addition as blatantly against what you have just said.. it makes you appear hypocritical and foolish..

Addition:

An unbiased link would be far more persuasive..