Fr. Paul Stuart, the director of vocations for the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, was quoted in today’s paper as saying..

“In the worst cases of pedophilia from the dioceses in the United States, we are seeing between 0.4 and 1.5 per cent of the clergy being exposed for any form of sexual misconduct over a 50 year period. This is 225 out of 46,000, which is shameful but hardly the epidemic suggested in the current media frenzy. Compare this to Victorian doctors where 400, or 13 per cent, were reported for sexual misconduct in the past five years, and in just one Australian State. The Catholic Church has a lot of healing to do but let’s not forget the 98% if clergy who live and work with integrity.”

June 2002.

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