And all of this gnashing of teeth 'after the fact'. No one was weeping and crying in front of tv cameras while the Crystal Cathedral was going down the tubes for the last 5 years. The assinine(and painfully amateurish) anti-enthetical non-administration of the C.C. should never have been let to start, let alone continue. (AFTER YOU CHURCH IS LEFT IN CHAPTER 11 IT's A BIT LATE FOR BLUBBERING.)
"The Catholics have gotten all the attention from the media, but this problem is even greater with the Protestant churches simply because of their far larger numbers," he says.
Of the 350,000 churches in the US, 19,500 – 5 percent – are Roman Catholic. Catholic churches represent a slightly smaller minority of churches in the CMR surveys which aren't scientifically random, but "representative" demographic samples of churches, Dr. Cobble explains.
The surveys suggest that over the past decade, the pace of child-abuse allegations against American churches has averaged 70 a week. The surveys registered a slight downward trend in reported abuse starting in 1997, possibly a result of the introduction of preventive measures by churches.
No Zero Effect you’re wrong. I can argue against your small mined way of thinking. Your problem is one of guilt by association. According to you since there was a Judas among the 12 are you going to tell me that all 12 are Judases because of the one?. If you would do the research you would find that this problem is WORSE in Protestant churches. The only reason you hear more about it in Catholic churches is due to the size of the target.
I'm just curious Zero Effect. Are you a member of the KKK too? BTW, have you seen the stats for sexual abuse in Protestant churches? Do the research b4 opening thy mouth.
Look I don’t approve of any sort of child abuse what so ever and even worse coming from clergy Catholic or Protestant but, I’m smart enough to know that the majority of Protestant clergy are good people. How can you paint all people of any group with the same brush and then talk about Christian charity. Shame on you!
Research by Richard Blackman at Fuller Theological Seminary shows that 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner; 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual contact. In a 1990 study by the United Methodist Church, 41.8% of clergywomen reported unwanted sexual behavior by a colleague; 17% of laywomen said that their own pastors had sexually harassed them.
Phillip Jenkins concludes in his book “Pedophiles and Priests” that while 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia, 10% of Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia.
Despite headlines focusing on the priest pedophile problem in the Roman Catholic Church, most American churches being hit with child sexual-abuse allegations are Protestant, and most of the alleged abusers are not clergy or staff, but church volunteers.
These are findings from national surveys by Christian Ministry Resources (CMR), a tax and legal-advice publisher serving more than 75,000 congregations and 1,000 denominational agencies nationwide.
the Crystal Cathedral Tabernacle :D
bungiecoocoo 2 weeks ago
And all of this gnashing of teeth 'after the fact'. No one was weeping and crying in front of tv cameras while the Crystal Cathedral was going down the tubes for the last 5 years. The assinine(and painfully amateurish) anti-enthetical non-administration of the C.C. should never have been let to start, let alone continue. (AFTER YOU CHURCH IS LEFT IN CHAPTER 11 IT's A BIT LATE FOR BLUBBERING.)
cnmmnc8852 1 month ago
can't wait to see the Eucharist inside the Crystal Cathedral !!!!!
oakking1 2 months ago
hey...i know a protestant that rapes little kids too....dare to debate me!
ditter360 2 months ago
"The Catholics have gotten all the attention from the media, but this problem is even greater with the Protestant churches simply because of their far larger numbers," he says.
Of the 350,000 churches in the US, 19,500 – 5 percent – are Roman Catholic. Catholic churches represent a slightly smaller minority of churches in the CMR surveys which aren't scientifically random, but "representative" demographic samples of churches, Dr. Cobble explains.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
The surveys suggest that over the past decade, the pace of child-abuse allegations against American churches has averaged 70 a week. The surveys registered a slight downward trend in reported abuse starting in 1997, possibly a result of the introduction of preventive measures by churches.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
No Zero Effect you’re wrong. I can argue against your small mined way of thinking. Your problem is one of guilt by association. According to you since there was a Judas among the 12 are you going to tell me that all 12 are Judases because of the one?. If you would do the research you would find that this problem is WORSE in Protestant churches. The only reason you hear more about it in Catholic churches is due to the size of the target.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
I have more but, I am limited by what I can post here.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
I'm just curious Zero Effect. Are you a member of the KKK too? BTW, have you seen the stats for sexual abuse in Protestant churches? Do the research b4 opening thy mouth.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
@2005wsoxfan You can't argue that the Catholics haven't 'institutionalized'
pedophilia within it's ranks. Have you been watching the news over the past
20 years? Literally THOUSANDS of victims of your precious Clergy.
More like Clergy of Satan!
YES it happens in other religions, but never on a scale of damage that the
Catholic Church has wrought...
No, I'm not affiliated w/ KKK or White Power or any white-supremacist/trash club
"Do the research b4 opening thy mouth. "
TheZenoEffect 3 months ago
Look I don’t approve of any sort of child abuse what so ever and even worse coming from clergy Catholic or Protestant but, I’m smart enough to know that the majority of Protestant clergy are good people. How can you paint all people of any group with the same brush and then talk about Christian charity. Shame on you!
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
Research by Richard Blackman at Fuller Theological Seminary shows that 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner; 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual contact. In a 1990 study by the United Methodist Church, 41.8% of clergywomen reported unwanted sexual behavior by a colleague; 17% of laywomen said that their own pastors had sexually harassed them.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
Phillip Jenkins concludes in his book “Pedophiles and Priests” that while 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia, 10% of Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago 2
Despite headlines focusing on the priest pedophile problem in the Roman Catholic Church, most American churches being hit with child sexual-abuse allegations are Protestant, and most of the alleged abusers are not clergy or staff, but church volunteers.
These are findings from national surveys by Christian Ministry Resources (CMR), a tax and legal-advice publisher serving more than 75,000 congregations and 1,000 denominational agencies nationwide.
2005wsoxfan 3 months ago
@TheZenoEffect i am catholic and i cant wait to go to LATIN mass at the Crystal Cathedral.!
PInk77W1 3 months ago 3
@PInk77W1 Now, now now - No need be just another 'Racist Latino'...
The country is overflowing w/ scum like you.
White, Black, Brown, imo you're all equal suckers for going to church
in the first place... :)
TheZenoEffect 3 months ago
@2005wsoxfan Thanks so much! I am Catholic and resent the comments from some people that may have an I.Q. ..not sure.
march131958 1 week ago