The original post was a news report about how there is child sexual abuse in other groups, that mainline protestant groups and secular groups like police and teachers have a higher incidence of child abuse but since they are run by either individual congregations or police forces/school districts, they tend to ignore the problem and send the molester off with a good reference so they don’t get branded as a denomination/district or force that has the problem.

Regardless of who does the molesting, Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox or Jew, be they lay or clergy, it is always wrong. Hiding it to save face is also wrong.

Below are articles that are still accessable as of today.

[url:mtug9nb2]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/us/16protestant.html?_r=1[/url:mtug9nb2]

[url:mtug9nb2]http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3034040&page=1[/url:mtug9nb2]

[url:mtug9nb2]http://www.peacemakers.net/clergysexualabuse/protestantsfacesexabuse.htm[/url:mtug9nb2]

[url:mtug9nb2]http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p01s01-ussc.html[/url:mtug9nb2]