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Old 10-03-2009, 09:25 AM   #5
sclitheroe
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Originally Posted by flylock shox View Post
I actually think 1.5-5% is a stunningly high number (particularly if it's their downplayed number).

If that refers to all Catholic clergy, I'd be interested to know how many child sex abusers that translates into.
It would be useful to compare that number with the general population - its extremely hard to find prevalence numbers, but one that I did find estimates it at around 4% of the general population. That seems high to me, but it does put the number in line with Church's numbers.
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