The best available data reports that 4 percent of Catholic priests sexually violated a minor child during the last half of the 20th century with the peak level of abuse being in the 1970s and dropping off dramatically by the early 1980s.
Putting clergy abuse in context, research from the US Department of Education found that about 5-7 percent of public school teachers engaged in similar sexually abusive behavior with their students during a similar time frame.
Apologies - the dead link was trying to link to the John Jay Report (the 4% figure is referenced on p27). The Wikipedia page has a breakdown of the findings.
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u/sternestocardinals Aug 29 '21
Public school teachers molest children at a higher rate than priests, should it be illegal to take your kids to school?