7% of Aussie priests are nonces

[Hanno]

An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation's Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.
In one order, more than 40% of church figures were accused of abuse.

Incredible if true:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38877158

[PorkPiePorn]

An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation's Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.
In one order, more than 40% of church figures were accused of abuse.

Incredible if true:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38877158

Someone should start an NGO

[logos]

Incredible if true:

Indeed. Why isn't 12-15% like other self respecting nations ? Those figures must have been compiled by a khmer statistician.

[Caleb]

Incredible if true

Um, don't you mean 'credible if true'?
It's fundamental errors such as this that confuse the truths told by children.

[angsta]

Incredible if true:

Indeed. Why isn't 12-15% like other self respecting nations ? Those figures must have been compiled by a khmer statistician.

Conservative estimate.

[Hanno]

Obviously, nobody read the article. The religious institutions include convents (guessing by the name) that obviously have very few abuses. Top of the ranking: a whopping 40%:

St John of God Brothers 40.4
Christian Brothers 22.0
Salesians of Don Bosco 21.9
Marist Brothers 20.4
De La Salle Brothers 13.8
Patrician Brothers 12.4
Society of Jesus 4.8
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart 3.3
Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart 0.6
Sisters of Mercy (Brisbane) 0.3

[jamie44]

And how many knew but did nothing. There was one uncovered at a catholic school my son went to, he was just quietly moved on, that is the way.

[springrain]

More coming out. Just the tip of the iceberg:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078652

[jamie44]

And so it will go on. At least while the celibacy requirement continues. Like a swarm of flies on a carcass.

[vladimir]

Bloody 97% more likely.

Met a bogan at Walkabout who was later accused of being a fiddler ...horrible person, could we not get govts to screen expats?

[springrain]

The Pope may be retreating from his crackdown on paedophile priests as Vatican bureaucrats do all they can to undermine reform efforts, a senior Australian Catholic official has warned.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... s-sullivan