According to surveys, a series of disclosures in 2002, the scandals involving sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the United States had long term major negative consequences for the Church.
survey by researchers at Georgetown University showed that, while drastic immediately after the disclosure of the facts slightly decreased participation in the life of the Church, and an assessment of the hierarchy, then the acceptance of the Church returned to its previous level.
more firmly declined, only donations of the faithful in response to appeals from bishops - from 38 to 29 percent - but ultimately did not diminish donations to the tray in the parishes. Nadal - as before the scandal - 23 percent of adult Americans consider themselves as Catholics, and still 33 percent those of Catholics attend Mass St. at least once a week.
in 2002 when the scandal broke, drawn up by the Church commissioned a report, which showed that since 1950 more than 9,000 young Americans were molested by priests.
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