Scientific rearch do not provi any evince that gay men or lbians are any more likely than heterosexuals to molt children
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THE TTH ABOUT GAY MEN AND PEDOPHILIA
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]. 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.