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Sex Facts
Four in 10 US Catholic nuns report having experienced sexual abuse... 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 at least one experience of that kind. NCR [National Catholic Reporter], 1/15/99
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.
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Child-abuse by clergy is also rampant amongst all Christian denominations.
Books on the history of sexual abuse in Christianity
Much more statistics and documentation on abuse, especially child abuse among various denominations and countries.
Some of the endless news reports in recent times on clerical child abuse
Nuns abused
The Vatican yesterday acknowledged a report that some priests and missionaries were forcing nuns to have sex with them, and in some cases forcing their rape victims to have abortions.
... the report cited cases in 23 countries, including the United States, Brazil, the Philippines, India, Ireland and Italy.
... the report said most incidents of sexual abuse against nuns occurred in Africa, where the nuns were identified as "safe" at a time when AIDS is devastating the continent.
-- Vatican Recognizes Rape Report - Washington Post (Reuters AFRICA) March 21, 2001
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Neglected clergy in the US: AIDS due to lack of support
Aids in the Priesthood - Kansas City Star News, 2000
Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests across the United States have died of AIDS-related illnesses, and hundreds more are living with HIV, the virus that causes the disease. It appears priests are dying of AIDS at a rate at least four times that of the general U.S. population.
As the Kansas City Star's coverage makes clear, the issue is troubling many denominations (not just the Catholic Church, though it is the only one imposing celibacy on all its clergy).
Because of Christianity's negative and repressive views on the matter, and the lack of support or even Church programs to educate priests about safe sex, many clergymen have ended up with AIDS:
Experts say that until the church starts encouraging a more healthy understanding of sexuality, priests will continue to die of AIDS.
Sex Facts
Four in 10 US Catholic nuns report having experienced sexual abuse... 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 at least one experience of that kind. NCR [National Catholic Reporter], 1/15/99
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.
Link
Fact
Child-abuse by clergy is also rampant amongst all Christian denominations.
Books on the history of sexual abuse in Christianity
Much more statistics and documentation on abuse, especially child abuse among various denominations and countries.
Some of the endless news reports in recent times on clerical child abuse
Nuns abused
The Vatican yesterday acknowledged a report that some priests and missionaries were forcing nuns to have sex with them, and in some cases forcing their rape victims to have abortions.
... the report cited cases in 23 countries, including the United States, Brazil, the Philippines, India, Ireland and Italy.
... the report said most incidents of sexual abuse against nuns occurred in Africa, where the nuns were identified as "safe" at a time when AIDS is devastating the continent.
-- Vatican Recognizes Rape Report - Washington Post (Reuters AFRICA) March 21, 2001
More
Neglected clergy in the US: AIDS due to lack of support
Aids in the Priesthood - Kansas City Star News, 2000
Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests across the United States have died of AIDS-related illnesses, and hundreds more are living with HIV, the virus that causes the disease. It appears priests are dying of AIDS at a rate at least four times that of the general U.S. population.
As the Kansas City Star's coverage makes clear, the issue is troubling many denominations (not just the Catholic Church, though it is the only one imposing celibacy on all its clergy).
Because of Christianity's negative and repressive views on the matter, and the lack of support or even Church programs to educate priests about safe sex, many clergymen have ended up with AIDS:
Experts say that until the church starts encouraging a more healthy understanding of sexuality, priests will continue to die of AIDS.