Only a third of US Catholics think priests are honest or ethical
Poll shows confidence in church at record low after report on sexual abuse in Pennsylvania
by Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent
Jan 11, 2019
2 minutes
The proportion of US Catholics who regard priests as honest and ethical has plummeted to a record low of fewer than one in three, according to a survey.
The fall of 18 percentage points between 2017 and 2018 is attributed to the last year’s scandals
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