At 11:53 PM 5/20/2002 -0400 Jon Gabriel wrote: >I wouldn't say *that*, (it seems too simplistic, generalized and >condemning,) but I would personally like to know why it is that so darn >many of them seem to be accused of the same horrific crime lately. It >strains credulity that so many accusers are lying. And even if they >are... to what end?
That's because every priest who committed such a crime over the past 60 years is being mentioned - but in terms of the rate of abuse, it is not much different, AFAIK, than that of the general population. The real scandal is the truly absurd way in which this was handled. JDG
