Fact Check: NO Evince 'Gays' Comm 45% Of Child Sexual Abe | Lead Stori

Contents:

• FACT CHECK: NO EVINCE 'GAYS' COMM 45% OF CHILD SEXUAL ABE
• PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE: A META-ANALYSIS
• 10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED

FACT CHECK: NO EVINCE 'GAYS' COMM 45% OF CHILD SEXUAL ABE

Usg phallometric tt sensivi to lculate the proportn of te pedophil among var groups of sex offenrs agast children, and takg to nsiratn prevly reported mean numbers of victims per offenr group, the rat of heterosexual to homosexual pedophil was lculated to be approximately 11:1. LGBTQ people are at creased risk for beg targeted for sex crim, as historil prejudice and stigma have picted LGBTQ people—pecially gay/bisexual men—as sexual predators.

Charts were reviewed to terme the relatnships of the children to the alleged offenr, the sex of the offenr, and whether or not the alleged offenr was reported to be gay, lbian, or bisexual. A 1994 paper studyg whether children were at risk for sexual abe by "homosexual adults" found that out of 269 child sexual abe s, only two of the offenrs intified as gay or lbian. In orr to terme the prevalence of childhood sexual abe among gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals, we nducted a meta-analysis that piled the rults of 65 articl across 9 untri.

As ual, hypocril straight, old whe men, guilty of nductg, aidg and abettg rampant pedophilia throughout the church, e the rultg sndal not to addrs their unrlyg rponsibily or the roots of the problem but to st blame on gay men ["For Gay Catholic Prits, New Scty, " Metro, June 24].

PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE: A META-ANALYSIS

The report, tled "Homosexualy and Child Sexual Abe, " brgs to light some signifint fdgs: * Pedophil are variably mal: A report by the Amerin Profsnal Society on the Abe of Children stat: "In both clil and non-clil sampl, the vast majory of offenrs are male. * Homosexuals are overreprented child sex offens: Individuals om the 1 percent to 3 percent of the populatn that is sexually attracted to the same sex are mtg up to one-third of the sex crim agast children. A study the Journal of Sex Rearch found that although heterosexuals outnumber homosexuals by a rat of at least 20 to 1, homosexual pedophil m about one-third of the total number of child sex offens.

10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED

THE IDEAL STUDY TO ASCERTAIN ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALITY AND CHILD MOLESTATION WOULD EITHER TAKE A GROUP OF ADULTS ENGAGING IN HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND FIND WHAT PERCENTAGE HAVE ENGAGED IN CHILD MOLESTATION, OR WOULD TAKE A GROUP OF CHILD MOLESTERS AND FIND OUT HOW MANY HAVE ENGAGED IN HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR. (BP)–A social rearcher who has studied sexual behavr for 24 years believ the Boy Suts of Ameri (BSA) has sound reasons for matag s prohibn agast gay sutmasters.

A homosexual nnot tomatilly be nsired a child molter, said Judh Reisman, print of the Instute for Media Edutn suburban Louisville, wh 17-24 percent of boys beg abed by age 18, nearly as many as the 25 percent of girls, there is e for ncern, she heterosexuals outnumber the homosexual populatn about 44 to 1, as a group the cince of homosexuals moltg children is up to 40 tim greater than heterosexuals, she said. “In fact, the largt database of child molters the untry shows that those who molt boys are over three tim more likely to be heterosexual their adult relatnships than homosexual, ” she Reisman pots to figur om a 1991 populatn study by the U. 8 girls by heterosexual a study published 1987 the Journal of Interpersonal Vlence, Able said homosexuals sexually molt young boys wh an cince five tim greater than the moltatn of girls.