Pope Francis reassures the faithful: Only 2 percent of Catholic clergy are pedophiles

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46. Before we go one, 2% is the average for all males.

Now that includes Male Homosexuals AND men who call themselves Heterosexual, but also like 12 to 14 year old males. Thus you have Homosexuals who both want such sex to be legal, and Homosexuals who want to keep it illegal.

Under the Common Law and the law in most States and Countries prior to about 1900, the age of consent was 12, thus most pedophiles want to return to that age, for then sex with 12 year olds would be legal.

As to the Catholic Church, in a review of all church records since 1952, shows just 1 under the age of 11. Then the numbers jump and peaks at 13 and 13, then the numbers decline. This is also the pattern for such illegal sex among the general population.

This is NOT common Knowledge for Children and Youth hearings tend to be private and NOT open to the Public. Yes, and criminal cases are public trials, but most cases never go to trial.

My point is 2% is about normal, we may not like it, but it is what can expected.

I use to do Children and Youth, I did NOT do the criminal part of such cases, but I did do civil litigation and you end up dealing with the people who do these actions. Thus 2% sounds about right, for it is about what is the norm for men as a whole.