Reading threw many articles I have discovered that the percentage ranges from 2% (what the Church says... on this page.) However the 2% is only concerning prepubescent children. Plenty of Pedophiles seek children AFTER puberty.
If the actual rate is lower say 5% (claimed USA rate in some lawsuits) That's a huge problem. There are approximately 38,000 priests in the US, and that's a decrease from almost 60,000,50 years ago.
That's not the complete picture though, because children sometimes become imprinted to become a pedophile themselves.
Proverb 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
This also means the opposite in that you can train your children up in the wrong way.
This wiki page shows that it is a worldwide problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases
Reading threw many articles I have discovered that the percentage ranges from 2% (what the Church says... on this page.) However the 2% is only concerning prepubescent children. Plenty of Pedophiles seek children AFTER puberty.
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2021/03/are-catholic-clergy-more-likely-to-be-paedophiles-than-the-general-public-redux/
To as high as 10% as this vlogger claims on this page.
https://cityofangels8.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-stats-10-percent-of-catholic.html
If the actual rate is lower say 5% (claimed USA rate in some lawsuits) That's a huge problem. There are approximately 38,000 priests in the US, and that's a decrease from almost 60,000,50 years ago.
That's not the complete picture though, because children sometimes become imprinted to become a pedophile themselves.
Proverb 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
This also means the opposite in that you can train your children up in the wrong way.