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To Mr. Paterson-Seymour: A point well-taken. But two things: 1) John Jay's data indicate that the largest amount of the abuse was of teens between 14 and 17, so I'm not sure if that squares with your sense of "child". 2) As I indicated (and I wish there were more solid data), there is a strong probability (and not just anecdotally) that there was a lot of homosexual activity at the time studied between priests and other men. It's important, I think, to take in the whole picture. - Brad Miner