Sexual Abuse by Priests Called a Historic Crisis From: The Washington Post | Date: March 27, 1993| Author: Gustav Niebuhr | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Child sexual abuse by priests - and increasing public awareness of it - are creating a crisis of low morale among clergy and mistrust among parishioners that the Roman Catholic Church has not seen in centuries, according to Andrew M. Greeley, the sociologist, novelist and Catholic priest. He estimates that more than 2,000 priests may have committed such crimes during the last quarter-century.

"I think in the history of the priesthood, it's the worst crisis since the French Revolution,...

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