Stephan:   This trend linking clergy to sex abuse doesn't stop. I don't go to church to begin with so I have very little interaction with clergy except for the occasional academic at a conference, and those individuals aren't Theocratic Rightists. Fundamentalists don't go to the conferences I speak at or attend, and this is mostly about Theocratic Rightists of course. We have a mental health crisis going on in this country, and elsewhere to be sure, but it is becoming a real issue in the U.S.. It's not well known because our media -- with the exception of Roman Catholic clergy -- won't report on it  as a trend only as a singular event, this report being an example.  But it is clearly a significant problem. My research suggests about 10-15 per cent of police are bullies, racists, and thugs drawn to the job because it allows them to push people around under color of authority. Just so about 10-15 per cent of the ordained are drawn to the clergy because of their obsessive sexual dysfunction. A collar gives them an appearance of piety and allows them access to children. One thing we have learned from these sordid scandals is that it is hard for a child to say, "No" to God's representative.