Had an ultra jw relative say to me the there are only a few examples of csa in the JWs. The Catholics are significantly worse. I’m after statistical information that proves him wrong. I remember reading a study some where that that showed it to be significantly higher in the JWs. Lay it on me please
Wanting articles on statistics for the incidence of csa between the Catholic Church and JW
by joe134cd 7 Replies latest jw experiences
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Biahi
I can’t quite give you that, but I know those stats are out there, especially in Australia. I think, 1006 victims, 1800? Abusers? Not quite sure of the numbers, but compared to the Catholic Church, much higher percentage.
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shepherdless
The ARC gives some figures. Here is a link:
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/religious-institutions
I was going to extract the relevant sections, but copying and pasting is not working for me on this little device. You will see that from 1980 to 2015, for the Catholic Church, there were 4444 victims, the majority of whom had had their claim acknowledged and had received some compensation. For JWs, there were 1800 victims.
Doing a back of envelope calc, comparing the different sizes of the religions, a JW child would have been around 16 times more likely than a Catholic child to have been abused.
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joe134cd
Baihi - I realise that I just don’t know where to access it. 😀
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truth_b_known
Consider that Catholic Church claims to be the original Church (nearly 2 thousand years old) and JWs since 1919. Then take the number of professed Catholics worldwide vs JWs. The amount of child abuse in the JWs is staggering.
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mynameislame
Comparing yourself to the Catholic Church to make yourself look good is like, well like comparing yourself the Catholic Church to make yourself look good.
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waton
how about the abusive elder vs catholic "father' clergy ratio? there are not many celibate elders. and the RCC is very obstinate and powerful in avoiding to have to come come forth with details. see https://p.dw.com/p/3qnDv
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vienne
This is Professor Folks take on it at a recent conference. I do not know enough to comment, but I found this interesting.