Who knew? The Catholic Church knew, that's who. Now we
know too, that sexual atrocities against children of a horrendous nature
and on a horrendous scale have been committed within the Catholic
Church in Australia over many decades.
In the past 35 years there were 1880 alleged perpetrators from more than 1000 Catholic entities. Thanks to research undertaken by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, we know that about 7 per cent of priests sexually abused children. That is staggering enough, but in some religious orders, the proportion of these child rapists and paedophiles was much higher: from the St John of God, 40.4 per cent. From the Christian Brothers, 22 per cent. The Salesians of Don Bosco, 21.9 per cent, Marist Brothers, 20.4 per cent, De La Salle Brothers, 13.4 per cent.
http://www.watoday.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/on-sexual-abuse-the-catholic-church-can-hide-no-more-20170207-gu7aq3.html
In the past 35 years there were 1880 alleged perpetrators from more than 1000 Catholic entities. Thanks to research undertaken by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, we know that about 7 per cent of priests sexually abused children. That is staggering enough, but in some religious orders, the proportion of these child rapists and paedophiles was much higher: from the St John of God, 40.4 per cent. From the Christian Brothers, 22 per cent. The Salesians of Don Bosco, 21.9 per cent, Marist Brothers, 20.4 per cent, De La Salle Brothers, 13.4 per cent.
http://www.watoday.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/on-sexual-abuse-the-catholic-church-can-hide-no-more-20170207-gu7aq3.html
