From: lpb@florida.swdc.stratus.com (Len Bucuvalas)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Hospital Study Suggests Gays Are Very Unlikely To Be Molesters
Keywords: eliminate racism, prejudice, and bigotry
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:23:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: stratus.8435.13262

I thought the following should have been posted
here..adios..Len
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In article <97381@bu.edu> kane@buast7.bu.edu (Hot Young Star) writes:
>This Associated Press report should be of interest:
>
>DENVER (AP)---A child is 100 times more likely to be molested by a
>family member than a homosexual, a new study shows.
>
>"Our data would suggest that families really need help," said Dr. Tom
>Roesler of Denver, ho conducted the study with his wife, Dr. Carol Jenny.
>"Most child abuse is committed within families."
>
>The study of child molestation cases at Children's hospital indicates most
>molesters are simply adults who prefer sex with children.
>
>"They don't discriminate between boys and girls," said Roesler, a child
>psychiatrist with National Jewish Hospital. "They like little children,
>and they'll take whatever they can get."
>
>The question of homosexual molesters has become a political issue this fall
>in the debate over Amendment 2, a proposal which would ban civil rights
>protection for gays.
>
>The amendment is sponsored by Colorado for Family Values, a Colorado Springs
>group that believes gays are a danger to society.
>
>Campaign literature distributed by the group states that gays commit up to
>one half of all child molestations. The figures come from Paul Cameron, a
>discredited Lincoln, Nebr. psychologist and self-described sexuality
>researcher who represents Colorado for Family Values during panel discussions.
>
>Roesler said he and his wife, who is an associate pediatrics professor at the
>University of Colorado, decided to look into the child molestation issue
>because of the debate over Amendment 2.
>
>The doctors reviewed every case of suspected child molestation at Children's
>Hospital from July 1, 1991, to June 30. THEIR FINDINGS REVEALED ONE OF THE
>387 CASES LIKELY INVOLVED A GAY PERPETRATOR [emphasis mine].    ***
>
>During their research, they eliminated cases of children whose medical
>conditions mimicked abuse, babies who couldn't name perpetrators and
>children who had been molested by other youngsters. That left 265 children
>who accused adults of sexual abuse.
>
>The doctors said boys and girls alike overwhelmingly said they were abused
>by heterosexual men who were family members. All but eight of the 219 girls
>accused men, 166 of whom were family members.
>
>Thirty named family friends; eight, school personnel; and seven, strangers,
>the study showed.
>
>Most boys were also molested by heterosexual family members, the study showed.
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>kane@{buast7,astro}.bu.edu (Hot Young Star) Astronomy Dept, Boston University,
>Boston, MA 02215. True personal salvation is achieved by absolute faith in
>ones true self.
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