Section 28 2003 Nationwide Audit of Roman Catholic Church

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

Researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City conducted a national survey on the extent and causes of sexual abuse by members of the Roman Catholic clergy and found that 4,450 priests were accused of sexually abusing minors between 1950 and 2004. Laurie Goodstein, Citing Survey, CNN Says 4,450 Priests Were Accused of Abuse, N.Y. Times, Feb. 17, 2004, at A14. Critics complained that the national survey was faulty because it was based entirely on self-reported data. It is unclear how...