If the government wants to look for child abuse in an industry, I?d suggest the following:
Church crisis
$660m The amount paid out by the Los Angeles Roman Catholic archdiocese to 500 victims of sexual abuse
$2bn The amount estimated to have been paid out across the US
4,392 The number of priests alleged to have abused children in the US in the past 50 years
10,000 The number of Americans who say that they were abused
100 The number of allegations of abuse made in Ireland between1962 and 2002
21 The number of priests involved
6 of the 21 Irish priests involved died before any allegations were made against them
3,000 The number of allegations of abuse received by the Australian group Broke Rites by 2002
John Jay Report (2004), Times archives
The Pope?s answer to the problem is prayer?..not prosecution!!
Read the entire article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle3142511.ece