and of course this will never get headline news is because of the
venous hatred of the church.
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NYC Public School Pedophiles
by: Kiera M. McCaffrey, January 08, 2007
In 2005, there was a 19 percent increase in complaints of misconduct
over 2004, and a 43 percent increase in substantiated cases. Things
got worse in 2006: there was a 38 percent increase in complaints of
wrongdoing over 2005, and a 68 percent jump in substantiated claims.
In both 2005 and 2006, approximately a third of these cases involved
the sexual abuse of minors.
Commenting on these data is Catholic League president Bill Donohue:
"So why isn't this big news? Because the figures apply to New York
City school employees, that's why. By the way, these figures show that
the rate of substantiated sexual abuse of minors committed by New York
City public school workers is approximately three times the rate found
among Catholic priests nationwide. Importantly, two-thirds of the New
York City school employees who molest kids are teachers.
"Again, none of this will be given the prominence it deserves. There
will be no television specials, no new laws passed by state
legislators and no cheap-shot jokes aimed at teachers. Remember, in
2005 there were five cases of sexual misconduct confirmed among 42,000
priests. That didn't make much of a stir in the news either, and for
the same reason. In other words, when the figures make the public
school industry look bad, they're given short shrift by the media.
Ditto when the figures don't make the Catholic Church look bad.
"Yes, it makes for a bigger story when a priest molests a minor, but
what does it say about the media when they treat misconduct by
teachers with aplomb? And I use the term priest, as opposed to
clergyman, purposely: in today's New York Post there is a story about
a Brooklyn yeshiva being slapped with its fourth sex lawsuit, the
latest involving alleged abuse by a 'highly regarded rabbi.' It
merited four sentences on p. 26. Which is more coverage than was
yielded by the New York Daily News, New York Times and Newsday, all of
which failed to report the story.
"None of this is a surprise to us-we see stuff like this everyday.
But enough is enough."
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