Those on the Catholic left are not very happy that the Jay Report declines in no uncertain terms to blame clerical celibacy for the sexual abuse crisis. As the report puts it:
Factors that remained consistent over this time period, such as celibacy, do not explain the sexual abuse "crisis." Celibacy has been constant in the Catholic Church since the eleventh century...
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