We all know how one can play the statistics game to lesson offensive actions in a defense argument. But, on the statistic, the estimates of prevalence of child abuse includes abuse by immediate and extended family members, which account for the overwhelming majority of child sex abuse cases.

If you were to remove family members from the equation and only look at children who were sexually abused by non-family trusted professionals...many who have broad contact with children... one may find that the prevalence of abuse by catholic priests may in fact be disproportionate to the amount of contact they have with children.