Here's a helpful (brief) overview, as a follow-up from an earlier tweet, from a psychologist on sex abuse in the Catholic church. psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-ri…
Four points: "1) No empirical data exists that suggests that Catholic clerics sexually abuse minors at a level higher than clerics from other religious traditions or from other groups of men who have ready access and power over children (e.g., school teachers, coaches)."
"2. Clerical celibacy doesn’t cause pedophilia and sexual crimes against minors."
"3. Homosexual clerics aren’t the cause of pedophilia in the Church."
"4. The Church has used best practices to deal with this issue since 2002."
