This little tidbit from the Public Square section of the May edition of First Things caught my eye:
More specifically, in 1998 the U.S. Department of Justice listed 103,600 reported cases of sexual abuse in public schools, while in the 53 years from 1950 to 2003 there were 10,667 reported cases of clergy sexual abuse nationwide. That's ten times as many in a single year as instances of clerical abuse in more than half a century. Yet the media and the legal system, which profess to be concerned about protecting children, have little to say about abuse in public schools or other institutions.
If that is true, it's an incredibly damning comparison. However, that 103,600 number seems hard to believe. I did a little research (very little) to try to confirm it, but, despite finding it cited often, I couldn't come across the original source. I noticed some references to 103,600 as the total number of sexual abuse cases reported in 1998, which seems more realistic. If anyone has any insight on this, I would appreciate it.
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