Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Bishop William Murphy disclosed yesterday that 132 persons said they were sexually abused by 66 Catholic priests and religious brothers since the diocese was founded in 1957.

"The 42 priests accused represent 2.08 percent of all the priests who have ever served in the diocese. The alleged abuse incidents peaked in the 1970s when 29 percent occurred; 26 percent occurred in the 1960s and 23 percent in the 1980s, the report said. "

That is pretty much what I figured, most of the abuse occurred in the 60's and 70's. The report does not say it, but none of the abuse occurred under Bishop Murphy's tenure here. So far I have seen a lot of the figures broken down, but none that break down the sex of the abuse victims. I would like to know what percentage were boys and what percentage were girls.

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