47 of gays admit to molestation

The numerous recent revelations have exposed the problem as much deeper and more widespread than most would have previously believed. These studies are invariably afflicted with one or more fatal flaws. If all of this is not done, any such effort, no matter how well intentioned or vigorously pursued, will be utterly squandered.

The Church has always had a small number of priests and other religious who have taken advantage of their positions of authority and influence in order to gain sexual favors or to take advantage of the helpless. The first of these is homosexuality. Clowes, Ph D , David L.

In this extraordinary analysis of the pro-homosexual offensive, Dr. Brian Clowes, director or research and training at HLI, along with co-author David Sonnier focus on the relationship of homosexuality and child abuse in the priesthood, which was demonstrated in the John Jay Report.

Children of this young age are usually targets of true pedophiles, those persons with no sexual attraction to adults of either sex. It is particularly the link between homosexuality and child molestation that they seek to deny. In research with nonclinical adult participants, gay men and lesbian women reported a significantly higher rate of childhood molestation than did heterosexual men and women.

For example; Homosexual Alfred Kinsey, the preeminent sexual researcher in the history of sexual research, found in that 37 percent of all male homosexuals admitted to having sex with children under 17 years old. By contrast, homosexual pedophiles are usually classified as "ephebophiles," persons sexually attracted to pubescent or post-pubescent underage children.

Obviously, a proven link between homosexual orientation and child sexual molestation would badly damage the carefully crafted public relations image of the homosexual rights movement. Thus, the rate of homosexual attraction is times higher among pedophiles. Therefore, instead of calmly and rationally discussing the issues, homosexual rights leaders subscribe to the axiom "the best defense is a good [and loud] offense," and remain in a permanent attack mode.

Even the names of many homosexual organizations and initiatives reflect this number: 'The Ten Percent Foundation," "Project Ten," and the "One in Ten Club" are a few examples. A new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt found that 83% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBQ) individuals reported going through adverse childhood experiences such as sexual and emotional abuse, and worse mental health as adults when compared to their heterosexual peers.

The only way to solve the problem of priestly child molestation is to proceed methodically: establish the facts, objectively study all facts relating to the situation, and finally, but most importantly, have the courage and faith to respond by taking appropriate steps.

Scientific research does not provide any evidence that gay men or lesbians are any more likely than heterosexuals to molest children. Each heterosexual must be led to realize that he might easily have been born homosexual himself. Some leading homosexual authors continue to insist that one in ten persons are born "gay.

Help sustain faithful Catholic resources for all— pledge your monthly support now. This is not "homophobia" or "hatred," this is simple scientific fact. Twenty- . Catholic bishops to stop blaming gay priests for the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Studies on the frequency of homosexual child molestation Dignity USA and other homosexual groups strenuously deny any connection whatever between a homosexual orientation and child sexual molestation.

The "ten percent" myth There is much propaganda claiming that homosexuals comprise about ten percent of the population in the United States and in many other nations. Such casual dismissal of documented facts, and the accompanying refusal to even discuss the possibility of a link between an active homosexual lifestyle and child sexual abuse, is a grave disservice not only to the victims, but also to society at large.

Freud and R. Watson found that homosexual males are three times more likely than straight men to engage in pedophilia, and that the average pedophile victimizes between 20 and boys before being arrested. They repeatedly claim, as Dignity USA does, that "All credible evidence discounts any link between the molestation of children and homosexuality.

The problem of clerical child sexual molestation, particularly in the United States, has been widely exposed and publicized over the last several years. These limits are within current estimates of the prevalence of homosexuality in the general community. Conclusion Not only is the gay rights movement upfront in its desire to legitimize sex with children, but whether indexed by population reports of molestation, pedophile convictions, or teacher-pupil assaults, there is a strong, disproportionate association between child molestation and homosexuality.

The original source of the "ten percent" statistic is Alfred Kinsey, the world's most famous sex researcher. All credible evidence discounts any link between the molestation of children and homosexuality. Forty-six percent of the homosexual men in contrast to 7% of the heterosexual men reported homosexual molestation.

During the current crisis, homosexual activists within and outside the Catholic Church have done everything they could to divert attention away from even the possibility that there may be a higher percentage of homosexuals among the priesthood than in the general public, and that this may be the root of the problem of child sexual molestation within the Church.