Glen C:

Yep…Wikipedia. Results of a US study.

John J:

...Hiding a paedophile in a Church is unforgivable. Hiding a paedophile behind a prostitution racket is culpable (Government sanctioned under decriminalization laws) and equally unforgivable. Especially since the community has lost total control of prostitution in their communities because of decriminalization Laws, (which strip local councils of veto rights, among other things)!

...This law not only changes the face of prostitution for the worse, but allows the unchecked advances of paedophilia into illegal brothels. (Unlicensed brothels outnumber legal brothels by three to one).

...Prostitution is an “out of control” industry with calamitous consequences for children, which leaves the Catholic Church in the shade (as a comparison) for its “evil”!

Diver Dan, I thought the Royal Commision was supposed to be far-reaching in looking for paedophiles , and not just the Catholic Church? Surely underage prostitutes will be looked at as well?

Paedophiles are disgusting wherever they hide, but don't you agree that there is something just a little worse about paedophiles practicing under the cover of supposed 'men of God'?
These so-called 'chosen ones' are supposed to care for their flock's souls, but obviously that doesn't extend to these poor children.

Even worse is the undeniable fact that their superiors enabled them to keep on offending against children by moving them to different parishes.

Disgusting.

Isn't it fascinating, by the way, how the Catholic Church and its supporters have suddenly discovered all this OTHER child abuse going on elsewhere that they never got around to telling us about until now? I think the whole lot of them should be prosecuted for concealing evidence.

Perhaps the answer is after all, a sociopath's lack of empathy?
A sociopath's lack of empathy, is all that is required to become a Nazi, brutally murder and maim, engage in torture, gas non-combatant civilians/women and children to death; rape, rip and tear small girls, and bugger small boys, simply because "you" have, the self conferred power to do so, and an institution that literally covers up for; and protects "you" from any real repercussions!
Even where "you" are demonstrably, a repeating recidivist re-offender!
There are only six words that adequately convey my personal disgust!
Seig hiel, Seig hiel, Seig hiel!
Some of the abused girls, may never ever be able to conceive, given the permanent internal damage done to their tiny wombs; and therefore, suffer quite dreadful, whole of life consequences?
And the small boys, the most common and preferred victim, of the most heinous crime, are basically buggered for life, have trouble with normal sexual function/relationships, and all too often end their sad and tortured lives prematurely, due to the psychological damage done to them, by predatory psychopaths.
Cardinal Pell wants to see the evidence, that puts him in the same room with a predatory paedophile priest and his accuser, when allegations of rape were levelled?
Pell claims he was overseas at the time?
A claim, no doubt verifiable, by date stamps on his personal passport, which therefore becomes evidence, and ought to be handed over, now today! Least someone accuse Pell of having sympathisers in very high places, armed with official, [post dating,] stamps perhaps?
Rhrosty.

The brave Australia victims of child sex abuse and Detective Peter Fox and the media news coverage are to be commended for having the courage to take action to expose the truth about the sex abuse and cover up within the Catholic church system.
And a big thank so goes to Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, for ordering a royal commission that will look at institutional responses to the child sex abuse by predator priests.

Child predators need to be kept far away from kids forever...
BUT, an even more powerful danger is when high ranking officials enable, empower, and cover up these crimes against kids. They need to be held accountable for allowing more innocent kids to be sexually abused.
Child sex abuse thrives in secrecy and secret systems that allow it to continue to this day. Hopefully there will be some healing and justice to all those who have suffered from such a massive betrayal of trust.
There is way too much at stake for us to stay silent, "the safety of our children today".

Judy Jones with Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and Snap Australia
http://www.snapaustralia.org/
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

Suseonline

…If this country is to have a “pogrom” on paedophiles, “let’s get into it”. A Catholic Priest who is a practicing paedophile is no better or worse than a practicing paedophile who dances, semi-naked along William Street into Kings Cross, in a debauched exhibition of homosexuality, parading in the Gay Mardi Gras.

…What worries me about the exhibition of the Royal Commission, is how far reaching will it be. It is the “flavor of the month” to pick-off the RC Church, (which I am not a RC, if it appears that I am defending them for that reason, I am not).

…Statistically it appears to me, there is no greater incidence of paedophilia in the Catholic Church than there is in the greater community. Where the difference lies, is the nature of protecting the paedophile inside the RC Church, (a crime exacerbating the original crime).

…Well, if we are to attack the Church for protecting paedophiles as the priority, that is far too narrow a focus, and will not achieve any real outcome that will assist victims of the paedophile in the broader community, the point Cardinal Pell makes, and one I agree with. My contention is, paedophiles are wreaking more havoc generally in our broader communities than the high-profile Catholic Priest.

…A Royal Commission presents the golden opportunity to “knock” on every front door in Australia and unearth paedophilia “per se”, in all its hiding places; in all the “back yard” brothels across our country where “all” are free to practice prostitution unobserved, ably assisted by laws of “decriminalisation” which have normalised and legitimised prostitution in our communities, where it is much more likely you will find underage children coerced into prostitution and abused, than in the RC Church.