Reply #118: Thanks, iris. [View All]

Yes, I'd agree with that.

My original interest in the study was regarding the rate of abusers within the given population, and how that impacts -- or should impact -- the rate of suspicion given to each member of that population.

I appreciate your input on my question regarding the effectiveness of prosecution vs. cover-up. As I stated in a subsequent post, it was sort of an idle thought. There MAY be some relevance in noting that, apparently, the lack of prosecution within the Church does not significantly increase the incidence of molesters within that population (that is, that population isn't going to generate or attract more pedophiles than they otherwise would)... but the other result -- the staggering amount of human damage that one molester can do -- pretty much sews up the case in favor of prosecution.

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