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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
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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Did you get that stat from
this link?
If that's accurate, I guess the next questions are "what proportion of that 4% ever act on their impulses" and "how reliable are the Vatican's figures?"
I'm guessing the 1.5-5% figure is a shot in the dark.