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WS MoreOrLess: The prevalence of paedophilia?

WS MoreOrLess: The prevalence of paedophilia?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


WS MoreOrLess: The prevalence of paedophilia?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Pope was reported to have said that 2% of Catholic clergy were paedophiles. Is this a big number? Wesley Stephenson looks at the research on the prevalence of paedophilia and how the Catholic clergy compare to the world's population as a whole. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Released:
Jul 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4