The reason for posting was not the sex abuse issue but that the Holy See has nothing to do with the Roman Catholic Church itself therefore they have nothing to do with its members either, yet they present themselves to be their bosses when everything goes smooth! Some people just unable to see the monumental significance of this slide of hands. Truly amazing!

It makes no difference who does the "study". What matters is; is it true or not.
The Satan of the Bible states many truths and I don't mean half truths.

Atrocities are everywhere but only because the individuals are dumbed down. The duty of the priests, ministers, pastors or what have you, supposed to teach the population for the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

: Sex abuse and pedophilia are a culture-wide problem. The 1990
: study was by and atheist group, so bias is unlikely. Since
: then the Catholic church has been at least trying to deal
: with the problem. Have the Protestants been doing the same?
: Currently they are probably where the Catholics were 20
: years ago on this issue. And what about abuse by

: non-clergy? Most of the cases I hear of in the news around
: here are by school teachers, not clergy. And I would
: imagine the highest rate is among satanists. Singling out
: one group on this issue is naive at best.

: Link: The Protestant Clergy Sex Abuse Pattern
:
: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/the-protestant-clergy-sex_b_740853.html