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A Survivor's Story by Maggie Mulvihill and Robin Washington "The most extensive, conducted by John Allan Loftus and Robert Camargo at the Southdown Psychiatric Center in Waterloo, Ontario, in 1992, looked at the records of 1,300 Catholic priests and Brothers over 25 years, finding 2.7% had sex with children under 13 - a figure significantly lower than the 6% in the general population estimated by psychiatrist John Bradford, another Canadian researcher. The Southdown study found a larger number of priests - 8.4% - molested teenagers, bringing the total of priests sexually abusing minors of all ages to 11%. Yet because Loftus and Camargo relied on self-reporting by their subjects, their data may have been skewed. Another study, by psychotherapist and former priest A. W. Richard Sipe, puts the number of sexually abusive priests closer to 6% of all priests. Dr. Fred Berlin, a sex researcher with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Sexual Disorders Clinic, suggests it may be even lower, stating that "only one or two" of the 60 to 80 new patients he sees yearly are priests, most attracted to 12-to-16-year-old boys. In the general population, where abusers may be family members, scout leaders or any number of people in frequent contact with children, victims are most likely to be female, according to Edward O. Laumann and other researchers whose work was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1994. They found 17% of women and 12% of men reported being abused before reaching puberty by an adolescent or adult. Of those, the abusers were most likely to be family members (52%) or persons known to the family (29%) rather than strangers, who comprised only 7%." http://www.catholicdigest.com/stories/200207003.html This may be heavy for survivors.
from L Moss Sharman Mormon student may be excommunicated for articles By Patty Henetz Salt Lake City - 11/30/02 A graduate student with Mormon family roots says he will probably be excommunicated next week for articles he has written questioning the validity of the Book of Mormon. Thomas W. Murphy, 35, published an article in the May Signature Books anthology, American Apocrypha, that uses genetic data to discredit the Book of Mormon claim that American Indians are heathen descendants of ancient Israel. The conclusion also is the thesis of his doctoral dissertation at the University of Washington. "We're told to tell the truth, but not if the truth contradicts church doctrine. I would prefer to tell the truth," Murphy said. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/1682956
The Science Behind the (Real) Matrix - "At any given moment, there is a sort of all pervading orthodoxy, a general tacit agreement not to discuss large and uncomfortable facts." George Orwell "as shown in the 1940's and 50's by Solomon Asch's experiments which created a contest between the real world and the social world. He had subjects judge lines of different lengths (which is longest or shortest) after hearing a number of "other subjects" (actually in on the experiment) give an incorrect answer. Although subjects were very upset by the discrepancy between their perceptions and those of others, only 29% of subjects never yielded to the bogus majority. Some people caved in because they thought they must be wrong. Others, because they wanted to be accepted by the group." "The Asch experiments on group effects showed that group effects were greatly weakened when dissenters were present. Therefore, it is essential, if you wish to maximize group effects (and probably authority effects as well), to reduce or eliminate dissent. Dissent can be reduced by creating huge group pressures against it, and by directly disrupting the activities of the dissenters." http://7mares.terravista.pt/morpheus_smith/science.html The graphics on this page may be heavy for survivors. <A HREF="">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
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