ABC News Bishops Meeting Expectations Poll, June 2002

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OR4PRSCR (Weighted by WGHT48) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. The fourth is ... . [Note: Interviewers were asked to scramble these items. For this question each item was asked fourth].   1) The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry   2) The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse   3) The number of priests who are homosexuals   4) Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	266	26.5%	26.5%
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	262	26.1%	52.6%
The number of priests who are homosexuals	238	23.7%	76.3%
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	238	23.7%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Region Religion Political party Education Race Sex Age

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	23.6% 45	25.0% 59	27.2% 101	29.4% 60	26.4% 265
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	30.4% 58	27.1% 64	25.5% 95	22.1% 45	26.1% 262
The number of priests who are homosexuals	24.1% 46	23.7% 56	21.2% 79	27.9% 57	23.7% 238
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	22.0% 42	24.2% 57	26.1% 97	20.6% 42	23.7% 238
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 236	100.0% 372	100.0% 204	1003

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian (non-Protestant)	Other non-Christian	None	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	31.6% 142	21.4% 46	21.8% 24	32.5% 13	19.1% 30	26.2% 255
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	24.0% 108	32.1% 69	26.4% 29	30.0% 12	23.6% 37	26.2% 255
The number of priests who are homosexuals	24.2% 109	22.8% 49	26.4% 29	17.5% 7	21.7% 34	23.5% 228
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	20.2% 91	23.7% 51	25.5% 28	20.0% 8	35.7% 56	24.1% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 450	100.0% 215	100.0% 110	100.0% 40	100.0% 157	972

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	28.3% 108	22.9% 64	28.3% 75	20.5% 9	23.1% 3	26.3% 259
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	24.4% 93	26.1% 73	26.8% 71	27.3% 12	30.8% 4	25.7% 253
The number of priests who are homosexuals	22.6% 86	28.2% 79	18.5% 49	29.5% 13	46.2% 6	23.7% 233
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	24.7% 94	22.9% 64	26.4% 70	22.7% 10	0.0% 0	24.2% 238
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 280	100.0% 265	100.0% 44	100.0% 13	983

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	28.1% 45	29.4% 96	24.2% 59	25.3% 47	21.7% 18	26.5% 265
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	29.4% 47	21.7% 71	29.1% 71	26.9% 50	26.5% 22	26.1% 261
The number of priests who are homosexuals	23.1% 37	21.7% 71	26.6% 65	24.7% 46	20.5% 17	23.6% 236
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	19.4% 31	27.2% 89	20.1% 49	23.1% 43	31.3% 26	23.8% 238
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 327	100.0% 244	100.0% 186	100.0% 83	1000

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other race	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	26.3% 205	26.4% 28	21.0% 13	34.8% 16	26.4% 262
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	25.8% 201	28.3% 30	29.0% 18	26.1% 12	26.3% 261
The number of priests who are homosexuals	22.2% 173	21.7% 23	40.3% 25	26.1% 12	23.5% 233
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	25.6% 199	23.6% 25	9.7% 6	13.0% 6	23.8% 236
TOTAL	100.0% 778	100.0% 106	100.0% 62	100.0% 46	992

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	28.0% 135	25.1% 131	26.5% 266
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	25.1% 121	27.0% 141	26.1% 262
The number of priests who are homosexuals	19.9% 96	27.2% 142	23.7% 238
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	27.0% 130	20.7% 108	23.7% 238
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 522	1004

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	21.3% 51	27.2% 84	30.3% 91	23.4% 32	26.2% 258
The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	28.5% 68	26.9% 83	23.7% 71	27.0% 37	26.3% 259
The number of priests who are homosexuals	20.5% 49	21.4% 66	25.3% 76	30.7% 42	23.7% 233
Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	29.7% 71	24.6% 76	20.7% 62	19.0% 26	23.9% 235
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 309	100.0% 300	100.0% 137	985