On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:56:10 GMT, "Sir. Tony"
The Scientific Evidence
Three kinds of scientific evidence point to the proportion of
homosexual molestation: 1) survey reports of molestation in the
general population, 2) surveys of those caught and convicted of
molestation, and 3) what homosexuals themselves have reported. These
three lines of evidence suggest that the 1%-to-3% of adults who
practice homosexuality account for between a fifth and a third of all
child molestation.
Reports of Molestation by the General Population
A probability survey of the sexual experiences of 4,340 adults in 5
U.S. cities found that about 3% of men and 7% of women reported sexual
involvement with a man before the age of 13 (i.e., 30% was
homosexual).
A random survey of 3,132 adults in Los Angeles found that 3.8% of men
and 6.8% of women said that they had been sexually assaulted in
childhood. Since 93% of the assailants were male, and only 1% of girls
had been assaulted by females, about 35% of the assaults were
homosexual.
The Los Angeles Times surveyed 2,628 adults across the U.S.. 27% of
the women and 16% of the men claimed to have been sexually molested.
Since 7% of the molestations of girls and 93% of the molestations of
boys were by adults of the same sex, about 4 of every 10 molestations
in this survey were homosexual.
In a random survey of British 15-to-19 yr olds, 35% of the boys and 9%
of the girls claimed to have been approached for sex by adult
homosexuals and 2% of the boys and 1% of the girls admitted to
succumbing.
In science, a review of the professional literature published in a
refereed scientific journal is considered to be an accurate summary of
the current state of knowledge. The latest such review published
concluded that homosexual acts were involved in 25% to 40% of the
cases of child molestation recorded in the scientific and forensic
literature.
Surveys of Those Convicted
Dr's Freund and Heasman of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in
Toronto reviewed two sizeable studies and calculated that 34% and 32%
of the offenders against children were homosexual. In cases they had
personally handled, homosexuals accounted for 36% of their 457
pedophiles.
Dr. Adrian Copeland, a psychiatrist who works with sexual offenders at
the Peters Institute in Philadelphia, said that, from his experience,
pedophiles tend to be homosexual and "40% to 45%" of child molesters
have had "significant homosexual experiences."
Dr. C. H. McGaghy estimated that "homosexual offenders probably
constitute about half of molesters who work with children." Other
studies are similar:
Of the approximately 100 child molesters at the Massachusetts
Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons, a third were
heterosexual, a third bisexual and a third homosexual in orientation.
A state-wide survey of 161 Vermont adolescents who committed sex
offenses found that 35 (22%) were homosexual.
Of the 91 molesters of non-related children at Canadas Kingston
Sexual Behaviour Clinic 38 (42%) engaged in homosexuality.
Of 52 child molesters in Ottawa 31 (60%) were homosexual.
In England a recent survey found 802 persons (8 females) were
convicted of indecent assault on a male, and 3,006 (6 of them female)
were convicted of indecent assault on a female (i.e., 21% were
homosexual). 88% of male and about 70% of female victims were under
age sixteen.
Because of this pattern, Judge J. T. Rees concluded that "the male
homosexual naturally seeks the company of the male adolescent, or of
the young male adult, in preference to that of the fully-grown man. In
a recent year 986 persons were convicted of homosexual and unnatural
offences. Of those, 257 were indictable offences involving 402 male
victims.... The great majority of [whom]... were under the age of 16.
Only 11%... were over 21."
"[T]he problem of male homosexuality is in essence the problem of the
corruption of youth by itself [i.e., by other boys] and by its elders.
[And thereby]... the creation... of new addicts ready to corrupt a
still further generation of young men and boys in the future."
What Homosexuals Admit
The Kinsey survey found that 37% of the gays and 2% of the lesbians
admitted to sexual relations with under-17-yr-olds, and 28% of the
gays and 1% of the lesbians admitted to sexual relations with
under-16-yr-olds while they themselves were aged 18 or older.
he Kinsey Institute interviewed 565 white gays in San Francisco: 25%
of them admitted to having had sex with boys aged 16 or younger while
they themselves were at least 21.
In The Gay Report, 23% of the gays and 6% of the lesbians admitted to
sexual interaction with youth less than 16 years of age.
In France, 129 convicted gays (average age 34 years) said they had had
sexual contact with a total of 11,007 boys (an average of 85 different
boys per man). Abel et al reported similarly that men who molested
girls outside their family had averaged 20 victims each; those who
molested boys averaged 150 victims each.
Summary
About a third of the reports of molestation by the populace have
involved homosexuality. Likewise, between a fifth and a third of those
who have been caught and/or convicted practiced homosexuality.
Finally, a fifth to a third of surveyed gays admitted to child
molestation. All-in-all, a rather consistent story.