Profile of The Alleged Abuses
The John Jay study found that, "Like in the general population, child sex abuse in the Catholic Church appears to be committed by men close to the children they allegedly abuse." According to the study, "many (abusers) appear to use grooming tactics to entice children into complying with the abuse, and the abuse occurs in the home of the alleged abuser or victim." The study characterized these enticements as actions such as buying the minor gifts, letting the victim drive a car and taking youths to sporting events. The most frequent context for abuse was a social event and many priests socialized with the families of victims. Abuses occurred in a variety of places with the most common being the residence of the priest.
The John Jay report catalogued more than twenty types of sexual abuse ranging from verbal harassment to penile penetration. It said that most of the abusers engaged in multiple types of abuses. According to the report, only 9% of the accused performed acts limited to improper touching over the victim's clothes. Slightly more than 27% of the allegations involved a cleric performing oral sex and 25% involved penile penetration or attempted penile penetration, reported the study. Most of the allegations involved touching over or under clothing.
The study said sexual abuse "includes contacts or interactions between a child and an adult when the child is being used as an object of sexual gratification for the adult." The report categorized allegations of sexual abuse even if the allegation did not involve force or genital or physical contact.
The alleged acts of abuse were in detail specified as follows:
| Behavior alleged | Number of Boys | % | Number of Girls | % | Totals combined | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal (Sextalk) | 885 | 11% | 215 | 12% | 1,100 | 11.6% |
| Shown Pornography | 223 | 2.9% | 9 | 0.5% | 232 | 2.4% |
| Shown Porn videos | 142 | 1.8% | 6 | 0.3% | 148 | 1.6% |
| Touch Over Cleric’s Clothes | 704 | 9.1% | 165 | 9.2% | 869 | 9.2% |
| Touch Over Victim’s Clothes | 2,862 | 37.2% | 691 | 38.6% | 3,553 | 37.4% |
| Touch Under Victim’s Clothes | 3,280 | 42.6% | 701 | 39.2% | 3,981 | 42% |
| Cleric Disrobed | 944 | 12.3% | 177 | 9.9% | 1,121 | 11,8% |
| Victim Disrobed | 1,112 | 14.4% | 303 | 16.9% | 1,415 | 14.9% |
| Photos of Victim | 169 | 2.2% | 32 | 1.8% | 201 | 2.1% |
| Sexual Games | 96 | 1.2% | 8 | 0.4% | 104 | 1.1% |
| Hugging & Kissing | 324 | 4.2% | 175 | 9.8% | 499 | 5.3% |
| Masturbation | 663 | 8.6% | 71 | 4.0% | 734 | 7.7% |
| Mutual Masturbation | 1,049 | 13.6% | 29 | 1.6% | 1,078 | 11.4% |
| Cleric Perform Oral Sex | 1,186 | 15.4% | 274 | 15.9% | 1,460 | 15.4% |
| Victim Performed Oral Sex | 799 | 10.4% | 115 | 6.4% | 914 | 9.6% |
| Manual Penetration | 192 | 2.5% | 195 | 10.9% | 387 | 4.1% |
| Penetration with Object | 61 | 0.8% | 26 | 1.5% | 87 | 0.9% |
| Penile Penetration | 990 | 12.9% | 213 | 11.9% | 1,203 | 12.7% |
| Group or Coerced Sex | 48 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.2% | 52 | 0.5% |
| Unspecified Sex Act | 942 | 12.2% | 204 | 11.4% | 1,146 | 12.1% |
| Other | 490 | 6.4% | 87 | 4.9% | 577 | 6.1% |
Read more about this topic: John Jay Report, Nature of The Problem
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