Respon dari pihak Gereja termasuk kalangan umat Kristen
tertentu atas kenyataan bahwa Gereja secara konstan memproduksi
dan melindungi kriminal dapat digambarkan dalam satu kata
yakni DENIAL. Pernyataan dibawah ini merupakan ungkapan
defensif khas dari mereka: Generalisasi!, Gereja dipersekusi!
Well, memang tidak ada gunanya untuk menunggu mereka sadar
dengan sendirinya. Kalaupun seluruh anak-anak Kristen mulai
dari putra altar sampai street children rectumnya sudah pada jebol
semua masih tidak ada jaminan bahwa "orang-orang terpilih"
ini yang mendapat privillege dan kuasa besar untuk mengkontrol
orang-orang miskin dan lemah (termasuk minor) akan mengakui
dan bertangung jawab atas kejahatan mereka!
Mendiskusikan isu-isu mengenai KEMISKINAN, MASA DEPAN
ANAK-ANAK, KEADILAN dan MORAL adalah omong kosong
tanpa memperkarakan KEJAHATAN dan KEMUNAFIKAN mereka!
Eko Raharjo
Current estimates of Roman Catholic priests in the U.S.= 49,000 to
50,000
Estimates of pedophile priests = 3,000 (6.1%) to 8,000 (16.3%)
188 Dioceses in the U.S. Divide 3,000 by 188 = 16 perpetrators
per diocese
Divide 8,000 by 188 = 42 perpetrators per diocese
Current experts claim a pedophile could abuse 200-265 children in
a lifetime.
200 x 16 perps/diocese = 3,200 victims/diocese
200 x 42 perps/diocese = 8,400 victims/diocese
3,200 victims/diocese x 188 dioceses = 601,600 victims in U.S.
8,400 victims/diocese x 188 dioceses = 1,579,200 victims in U.S.
Average American family consists of 4-6 people
(3,200 victims/diocese) 601,600 victims x 4 family members =
2,406,400 indirect victims
60l,000 victims x 6 family members = 3,609,600 indirect victims
(8,400 victims/diocese) 1,579,200 x 4 family members = 6,316,800
indirect victims
1,579,200 x 6 family members = 9,475,200 indirect victims
These numbers are a reflection of immediate family only and do
not reflect the indirect victims within the parishes that are affected.
188 Bishops are responsible for the pain of at least 601,600
direct victims and as many as 9,475,200 indirect victims � a total of as
many as 10,076,800 people. Clearly, something is wrong.
Additional information:
Using the higher estimates of pedophile priests (8,000) and
numbers of victims (265), the results are even more astonishing � giving
a
possible maximum of 2,092,440 direct victims and as many as
12,554,640 indirect victims for a total of 14,647,080. For comparative
purposes, using the lower numbers the number of direct victims
and survivors alone could populate a city larger than Boston. Using the
higher numbers, it would be the fourth largest city in the U.S.�
one between the size of Houston and Chicago.
Four in 10 US Catholic nuns report having experienced
sexual abuse, (a rate equivalent to that reported by American women
in general), a study by Catholic researchers supported by
major religious orders, has found. The study found that sisters
have known sexual abuse less in childhood, dispelling what
the authors call an "anti-Catholic" canard that girls fled to
convents to escape sexual advances. During religious life,
close to 30% of the nation's 85,000 nuns experienced "sexual
trauma," ranging from rape to exploitation to harassment.
A total of 40% reported a least one experience of that kind.
NCR, 1/15/99
The Wisconsin Psychological Association's survey found
offenders distributed among the following professions: Psychiatrists
34%,
Psychologists 19%, Social Workers 13%, Clergy 11%,
Physicians 6%, Marriage Counselors 4%, and Others 14%.
The Center for Domestic Violence found that 12.6% of
clergy said they had sex with church members. 47% of clergy women
were harassed by clergy colleagues.
The Presbyterian Church stated that 10-23% of clergy have
"inappropriate sexual behavior or contact" with clergy and employees.
The United Methodist research (1990) showed 38.6% of
Ministers had sexual contact with church members and that 77% of
church workers experienced some type of sexual harassment.
The United Church of Christ found that 48% of the women in
the work place have been sexually harassed by male clergy.
The Southern Baptists claim 14.1% of their clergy have
sexually abused members.
In the Roman Catholic Church there are over 800 priests that have
been removed from ministry as a result of allegations against them. We
also know of 1,400 insurance claims on the books and that the
Church has paid out over $1 billion in liability with an estimated $500
million pending. One noted expert claims that there are over
5,000 priests with some type of allegation against them. If this is
true, then
there are at least 1,000,000 direct victims of clergy sexual
abuse and between 4-6 million indirect victims in the U.S.
Our institutional churches, who have proclaimed themselves to be
the moral backbone of society, have failed all of us. We need to
continue to
bring them to moral and civil accountability. I think we might
want to pray for them as well.
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