Originally posted by lucifershammer
[b]Of course, the percentages of homosexuals who abuse children seem to be the same as that of heterosexuals.
Careful here - are we talking pre- or post-pubescent children?
Besides, none of the links provided actually supports your assertion.[/b]
From the first link:
"Researchers estimate that between 96 to 100 percent of accused abusers are recognizably heterosexual."
This would indicate that estimates show a maximum of 4 percent of accused abusers are homosexual. Given that estimates of the general population are that 3 to 5 percent are homosexual, that would support my primary assertion, which preceded the links.
From the second link:
"One study involved 175 male adults who had been convicted in Massachusetts of child sexual assault. They found that none of them were homosexuals; all of them would fit the description of a fixated child molester. They were sexually attracted only to children and not to other adults. 2 Another researcher studied sexually abused children seen in a hospital. Only 2 perpetrators (less than 1% of the total) were homosexuals (i.e. were attracted to same-sex adults). "
This would seem to over-shoot my assertion, but is still in line with it.
From the third link:
"Most abusers are heterosexual males from all socio-economic backgrounds."
True, nothing solid here.
From the last link:
"Other researchers have taken different approaches, but have similarly failed to find a connection between homosexuality and child molestation. Dr. Carole Jenny reviewed 352 medical charts, representing all of the sexually abused children seen in the emergency room or child abuse clinic of a Denver children's hospital during a one-year period (from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992). The molester was a gay or lesbian adult in only 2 of the 269 cases in which an adult molester could be identified – fewer than 1% (Jenny et al., 1994)."
and
"Are homosexual adults in general sexually attracted to children and are preadolescent children at greater risk of molestation from homosexual adults than from heterosexual adults? There is no reason to believe so. The research to date all points to there being no significant relationship between a homosexual lifestyle and child molestation. There appears to be practically no reportage of sexual molestation of girls by lesbian adults, and the adult male who sexually molests young boys is not likely to be homosexual (Groth & Gary, 1982, p. 147)."
If you read through that site, you'll find a number of further items that concur with my assertion.
And to clarify your last question is this paragraph from that last site:
"Whereas pedophilia and hebephilia refer to psychological propensities, child molestation and child sexual abuse are used to describe actual sexual contact between an adult and someone who has not reached the legal age of consent. In this context, someone who has not reached the age of consent is referred to as a child, even though he or she may be a teenager."
So, back to my statement: it appears that if the move to ban gays from the clergy is to protect children, I think the move should be to have women become priestesses and ban men, since evidence seems to suggest that might actually affect the number of child molesters involved.
RCC bans ordination of Gays and supporters..
30 Nov '05 03:10
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