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[THE JOHN JAY STUDIES] THE SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
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1. The Crisis: Accusations over time and the Church’s Response [JJSpl Fig. 1.1]
2. Definitions: Ephebophiles; Pedophiles; regressed; fixated [JJSpl 4.1]
3. Gender and Ages of Victims [JJSpl Table 3.3-Figure 3.3]. acts
4. Frequency of Pedophilia [5%] versus Ephebophilia [95%]: [2011, Exec.Sum.5] [Complex because - Multiple victim stats: [JJSpl text before table 4.8]
5. Ages [JJSpl Table 4.1] and Eras of Priests [JJSpl Table 3.1 - Fig.3.2]
6. Years Since ordination [JJSpl Table 4.8]
SUMMARIES
Over a 50-year period, out of more than 100,000 priests deacons and religious order clergy, 4,392 (~4.4%) were accused of sexual abuse
During the period from 1950 to 2002, a total of 10,667 individuals had made allegations of child sexual abuse. Of these, the dioceses had been able to identify 6,700 unique accusations against 4,392 clergy over that period in the USA, which is about 4% of all 109,694 ordained clergy i.e. priests or deacons or members of religious orders, active in the USA during the time covered by the study
VICTIMS
Total victims: 10439
81% male (8443) ;
19% female (1994) [2 transsexuals]
Note variations when grouped according to age and gender: Orig. John Jay Study Table 3.5.4. (p. 42)
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Note that for the youngest victims (true pedophilia) the ratio of male to female victims is roughly equal, but the proportion of male victims increases with age (so-called ephebophilia)
CLERGY-PERPETRATORS
3-6% of total priests and deacons, depending on region
5614 total [4692 diocesan; 922 religious]
59% [55.7] were accused of a single allegation
41% [44.3] of the priests were the subject of more than one allegation
<3% [3.5] of the priests were the subject of ten or more allegations.
The 149 priests who had more than 10 allegations against them accounted for 53% (2,960) of the total number of allegations.
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