Archived Catholic Church tells Bishops they don't have to report child abuse to police (timeslive.co.za)
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Archived Catholic Church tells Bishops they don't have to report child abuse to police (timeslive.co.za)
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Ever heard of google?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602026.html
Sexual abuse of minors is not the province of the Catholic Church alone. About 4 percent of priests committed an act of sexual abuse on a minor between 1950 and 2002, according to a study being conducted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. That is roughly consistent with data on many similar professions.
An extensive 2007 investigation by the Associated Press showed that sexual abuse of children in U.S. schools was "widespread," and most of it was never reported or punished. And in Portland, Ore., last week, a jury reached a $1.4 million verdict against the Boy Scouts of America in a trial that showed that since the 1920s, Scouts officials kept "perversion files" on suspected abusers but kept them secret.
"We don't see the Catholic Church as a hotbed of this or a place that has a bigger problem than anyone else," Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, told Newsweek. "I can tell you without hesitation that we have seen cases in many religious settings, from traveling evangelists to mainstream ministers to rabbis and others."
The catholic church keeps great records... maybe 2000 years worth. Many of the records involving these crimes were voluntarily handed over to law enforcement. Some were by subpoena. Do a little research before acting like a clown.
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