February 15, 2011
Catholic League president Bill Donohue responds to today\’s New York Times editorial, ![\"Image_200905294527-1\"](\"https://www.gloucestercitynews.net/.a/6a00d8341bf7d953ef014e5f3da65e970c-120wi\" "\\"Image_200905294527-1\\"/")
\”More Shame\”:
The editorial says, \”The Roman Catholic Church in this country has promised accountability and justice for children sexually abused by priests. We fear it has a long way to go.\” Wrong: no religious or secular institution in the U.S. today has a better record than the Catholic Church. To wit: from 2005 to 2009 (the last year data are available), the average number of credibleaccusations made against a priest for the sexual abuse of a minor is 8.6; in 2009, the number was six (out of more than 40,000).
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