This is Not a Catholic Problem

From a speech by Sam Miller, prominent Cleveland businessman, of the Jewish faith, strong supporter of the Catholic Church:

"The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. with an enrollment of 700,000 students. The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people - not just Catholics - in the United States today.

But the press is vindictive and trying to totally denigrate in every way the Catholic Church in this country. They have blamed the disease of pedophilia on the Catholic Church, which is as irresponsible as blaming adultery on the institution of marriage. Let me give you some figures that you as Catholics should know and remember. For example,

• 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner
• 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual contact in a study by the United Methodist Church
• and 41.8 % of clergywomen reported unwanted sexual behavior
• 17% of laywomen have been sexually harassed.
  
• Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia.
• 10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia.
  

This is not a Catholic Problem."

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