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Monday, January 14, 2019

Only 31% of Catholics Give Clergy's Honesty, Ethical Standards 'High' Marks

By Michael W. Chapman | January 11, 2019

In the wake of more revelations about sexual abuse of young people by Catholic clergy -- among other scandals -- a new survey shows that only 31% of Catholics give their clergy "very high" or "high" marks for their honesty and ethical standards. This percentage is down from 49% in 2017, an 18-percentage-point drop in one year.

In the survey, Gallup asked, "Please tell me how you would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in these different fields -- very high, high, average, low or very low? How about clergy?"
For Catholics, 31% said "high/very high." For Protestants, 48% said "high/very high."

The latest findings, from a Dec. 3-12 Gallup poll, come after a Pennsylvania Grand Jury report in August detailed accusations of sexual abuse involving more than 300 Catholic priests over 70 years," said the polling firm. "The report indicated that Catholic bishops and other high-ranking church leaders covered up these incidents."

As for the Protestants, Gallup said although the "ratings of the clergy have dropped since 2004, the decline has not been as sharp, and the latest 48% positive rating of the clergy is much higher than Catholics'. Still, it is the first reading that falls below the majority level among Protestants."....To Read More....

My Take - Catholic, Protestants, Priests, Pastors, etc. the fact of the matter this is a universal problem in the "Christian" church today.  Any polls defining who's bad and who's worse is meaningless, because they've all abandoned the faith. The churches have been infested with leftist dogma for almost all of the 20th century, and now that the infestation has fully developed everyone is becoming aware of it. Please review The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals

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