In a sobering reminder that not all who are accused are guilty, Catholic Priest Charles J. Murphy was cleared of charges by an internal investigation conducted by the Boston Archdiocese. Father Murphy had voluntarily resigned his position during the investigation.
On Wednesday, the archdiocese said the charge against Murphy was found to be unsubstantiated. The case was investigated by the Archdiocesan Review Board, an advisory committee which includes clergy sex abuse victims, parents and a judge.
The lawyer for the victim does not believe the finding. I’m betting the case still goes to civil court.
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Badger3k · 759 weeks ago
Katie · 744 weeks ago
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.
A study of American priests showed that most are happy in the priesthood and find it even better than they had expected, and that most, if given the choice, would choose to be priests again in face of all this obnoxious PR the church has been receiving.
The Catholic Church is bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The agony that Catholics have felt and suffered is not necessarily the fault of the Church. You have been hurt by a small number of wayward priests that have probably been totally weeded out by now.
patrick omalley · 722 weeks ago
Even the John Jay report from 2002 said that 4% of priests were pedophiles, and they were lying. If you look at the details of the stats, they included (equally) priests that had just joined the priesthood, instead of only including priests that had been there for the whole duration of the study, which is what a statistician would have done. The real number was a minimum of 10%
As for your Protestant number, that is just a complete lie. Give us a credible source for that.
patrick omalley · 722 weeks ago
Of course, a civil court convicted him, thank God.