State	Diocese	Catholics	Abused	Boys (3.3%)	Girls (1.7%)	Disclosed/Resolved (3%)    - Estimated	Barred - SoL (90%)	Suicide risk
Massachusetts	Boston	2,077,487	51,279	32,921	18,358	1,538 (G 988) (B 551) - ---	46,151	10,256
California	San Diego	930,379	22,965	14,743	8,221	689 (G 442) (B 247) - ---	20,668	4,593
Texas	Dallas	930,352	22,964	14,743	8,221	689 (G 442) (B 247) - ---	20,668	4,593
Washington	Seattle	904,000	22,314	14,325	7,988	669 (G 430) (B 240) - ---	20,082	4,463
New York	Brownsville	888,004	21,919	14,072	7,847	658 (G 422) (B 235) - ---	19,727	4,384
Florida	Miami	856,783	21,148	13,577	7,571	634 (G 407) (B 227) - ---	19,033	4,230
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	815,719	20,135	12,926	7,208	604 (G 388) (B 216) - ---	18,121	4,027
Ohio	Cleveland	812,675	20,059	12,878	7,181	602 (G 386) (B 215) - ---	18,053	4,012
New Jersey	Trenton	780,925	19,276	12,375	6,901	578 (G 371) (B 207) - ---	17,348	3,855
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	731,516	18,056	11,592	6,464	542 (G 348) (B 194) - ---	16,251	3,611
Minnesota	Saint Paul and Minneapolis	730,989	18,043	11,584	6,459	541 (G 348) (B 194) - ---	16,239	3,609
New York	Buffalo	707,981	17,475	11,219	6,256	524 (G 337) (B 188) - ---	15,728	3,495
Connecticut	Hartford	694,220	17,136	11,001	6,135	514 (G 330) (B 184) - ---	15,422	3,427
Rhode Island	Providence	679,275	16,767	10,764	6,002	503 (G 323) (B 180) - ---	15,090	3,353
Texas	San Antonio	667,667	16,480	10,580	5,900	494 (G 317) (B 177) - ---	14,832	3,296
Texas	El Paso	656,035	16,193	10,396	5,797	486 (G 312) (B 174) - ---	14,574	3,239
California	San Jose in California	630,000	15,550	9,983	5,567	467 (G 300) (B 167) - ---	13,995	3,110
Illinois	Joliet in Illinois	625,189	15,432	9,907	5,525	463 (G 297) (B 166) - ---	13,888	3,086
California	Fresno	581,000	14,341	9,207	5,134	430 (G 276) (B 154) - ---	12,907	2,868
Washington, DC	Washington	567,266	14,002	8,989	5,013	420 (G 270) (B 150) - ---	12,602	2,800
Arizona	Phoenix	556,692	13,741	8,822	4,919	412 (G 265) (B 148) - ---	12,367	2,748
New Jersey	Metuchen	556,682	13,741	8,822	4,919	412 (G 265) (B 148) - ---	12,367	2,748
Missouri	Saint Louis	555,750	13,718	8,807	4,911	412 (G 264) (B 147) - ---	12,346	2,744
Nevada	Las Vegas	544,519	13,440	8,629	4,812	403 (G 259) (B 144) - ---	12,096	2,688
California	Oakland	527,566	13,022	8,360	4,662	391 (G 251) (B 140) - ---	11,720	2,604
California	Sacramento	520,301	12,843	8,245	4,598	385 (G 247) (B 138) - ---	11,558	2,569
Ohio	Cincinnati	512,146	12,641	8,116	4,526	379 (G 243) (B 136) - ---	11,377	2,528
Maryland	Baltimore	506,587	12,504	8,028	4,477	375 (G 241) (B 134) - ---	11,254	2,501
Louisiana	New Orleans	488,004	12,046	7,733	4,312	361 (G 232) (B 129) - ---	10,841	2,409
New Jersey	Camden	458,044	11,306	7,258	4,048	339 (G 218) (B 121) - ---	10,175	2,261
California	San Francisco	425,210	10,496	6,738	3,757	315 (G 202) (B 113) - ---	9,446	2,099
Illinois	Rockford	420,883	10,389	6,670	3,719	312 (G 200) (B 112) - ---	9,350	2,078
New Jersey	Paterson	420,172	10,371	6,658	3,713	311 (G 200) (B 111) - ---	9,334	2,074
Connecticut	Bridgeport	410,304	10,128	6,502	3,626	304 (G 195) (B 109) - ---	9,115	2,026
Texas	Austin	401,842	9,919	6,368	3,551	298 (G 191) (B 107) - ---	8,927	1,984
Texas	Fort Worth	400,501	9,886	6,347	3,539	297 (G 190) (B 106) - ---	8,897	1,977
New York	Albany	400,000	9,873	6,339	3,535	296 (G 190) (B 106) - ---	8,886	1,975
Florida	Saint Petersburg	398,702	9,841	6,318	3,523	295 (G 190) (B 106) - ---	8,857	1,968
Virginia	Arlington	391,001	9,651	6,196	3,455	290 (G 186) (B 104) - ---	8,686	1,930
Oregon	Portland in Oregon	389,345	9,610	6,170	3,440	288 (G 185) (B 103) - ---	8,649	1,922
Texas	Corpus Christi	384,308	9,486	6,090	3,396	285 (G 183) (B 102) - ---	8,537	1,897
Georgia	Atlanta	371,139	9,161	5,881	3,280	275 (G 176) (B 98) - ---	8,245	1,832
Massachusetts	Worcester	369,096	9,110	5,849	3,262	273 (G 175) (B 98) - ---	8,199	1,822
Florida	Orlando	361,085	8,913	5,722	3,191	267 (G 172) (B 96) - ---	8,021	1,783
Wisconsin	Green Bay	358,211	8,842	5,676	3,165	265 (G 170) (B 95) - ---	7,958	1,768
Arizona	Tuscon	350,000	8,639	5,546	3,093	259 (G 166) (B 93) - ---	7,775	1,728
Pennsylvania	Scranton	348,542	8,603	5,523	3,080	258 (G 166) (B 92) - ---	7,743	1,721
Massachusetts	Fall River	346,054	8,542	5,484	3,058	256 (G 165) (B 92) - ---	7,688	1,708
New York	Syracuse	345,736	8,534	5,479	3,055	256 (G 164) (B 92) - ---	7,680	1,707
Colorado	Denver	344,015	8,491	5,451	3,040	255 (G 164) (B 91) - ---	7,642	1,698
New York	Rochester	341,500	8,429	5,412	3,018	253 (G 162) (B 91) - ---	7,586	1,686
New Hampshire	Manchester	327,353	8,080	5,187	2,893	242 (G 156) (B 87) - ---	7,272	1,616
Louisiana	Lafayette	322,349	7,957	5,108	2,848	239 (G 153) (B 85) - ---	7,161	1,591
Ohio	Toledo	298,069	7,357	4,723	2,634	221 (G 142) (B 79) - ---	6,622	1,471
Pennsylvania	Allentown	273,249	6,745	4,330	2,415	202 (G 130) (B 72) - ---	6,070	1,349
Florida	Palm Beach	259,729	6,411	4,116	2,295	192 (G 123) (B 69) - ---	5,770	1,282
New Mexico	Santa Fe	254,110	6,272	4,027	2,245	188 (G 121) (B 67) - ---	5,645	1,254
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	247,194	6,102	3,917	2,184	183 (G 118) (B 66) - ---	5,491	1,220
Massachusetts	Springfield	240,730	5,942	3,815	2,127	178 (G 114) (B 64) - ---	5,348	1,188
Ohio	Columbus	240,682	5,941	3,814	2,127	178 (G 114) (B 64) - ---	5,347	1,188
Nebraska	Omaha	239,112	5,902	3,789	2,113	177 (G 114) (B 63) - ---	5,312	1,180
Ohio	Youngstown	235,541	5,814	3,733	2,081	174 (G 112) (B 62) - ---	5,233	1,163
Hawaii	Honolulu	234,588	5,790	3,717	2,073	174 (G 112) (B 62) - ---	5,211	1,158
Indiana	Indianapolis	230,938	5,700	3,660	2,041	171 (G 110) (B 61) - ---	5,130	1,140
Connecticut	Norwich	228,520	5,641	3,621	2,019	169 (G 109) (B 61) - ---	5,077	1,128
Michigan	Lansing	227,305	5,611	3,602	2,009	168 (G 108) (B 60) - ---	5,050	1,122
Pennsylvania	Erie	225,607	5,569	3,575	1,994	167 (G 107) (B 60) - ---	5,012	1,114
Texas	Laredo	225,250	5,560	3,569	1,990	167 (G 107) (B 60) - ---	5,004	1,112
Delaware	Wilmington	225,000	5,554	3,565	1,988	167 (G 107) (B 60) - ---	4,998	1,111
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	219,310	5,413	3,475	1,938	162 (G 104) (B 58) - ---	4,872	1,083
Maine	Portland	217,767	5,375	3,451	1,924	161 (G 104) (B 58) - ---	4,838	1,075
Florida	Venice	217,585	5,371	3,448	1,923	161 (G 103) (B 58) - ---	4,834	1,074
Virginia	Riscmond	212,189	5,238	3,362	1,875	157 (G 101) (B 56) - ---	4,714	1,048
Iowa	Dubuque	211,847	5,229	3,357	1,872	157 (G 101) (B 56) - ---	4,706	1,046
California	Stockton	207,493	5,122	3,288	1,834	154 (G 99) (B 55) - ---	4,609	1,024
Wisconsin	La Crosse	202,540	4,999	3,210	1,790	150 (G 96) (B 54) - ---	4,499	1,000
Kentucky	Louisville	196,888	4,860	3,120	1,740	146 (G 94) (B 52) - ---	4,374	972
Illinois	Peoria	195,553	4,827	3,099	1,728	145 (G 93) (B 52) - ---	4,344	965
California	Monterey in California	193,598	4,779	3,068	1,711	143 (G 92) (B 51) - ---	4,301	956
Kansas	Kansas City in Kansas	191,203	4,720	3,030	1,690	142 (G 91) (B 51) - ---	4,248	944
Indiana	Gary	185,700	4,584	2,943	1,641	138 (G 88) (B 49) - ---	4,125	917
Pennsylvania	Greensburg	181,167	4,472	2,871	1,601	134 (G 86) (B 48) - ---	4,025	894
North Carolina	Raleigh	180,909	4,465	2,867	1,599	134 (G 86) (B 48) - ---	4,019	893
Michigan	Grand Rapids	162,670	4,015	2,578	1,437	120 (G 77) (B 43) - ---	3,614	803
Indiana	Fort Wayne-South Bend	162,043	4,000	2,568	1,432	120 (G 77) (B 43) - ---	3,600	800
Illinois	Springfield in Illinois	161,325	3,982	2,556	1,426	119 (G 77) (B 43) - ---	3,584	796
Florida	Saint Augustine	160,479	3,961	2,543	1,418	119 (G 76) (B 43) - ---	3,565	792
California	Santa Rosa in California	154,060	3,803	2,441	1,361	114 (G 73) (B 41) - ---	3,422	761
South Carolina	Charleston	152,413	3,762	2,415	1,347	113 (G 72) (B 40) - ---	3,386	752
Utah	Salt Lake City	150,000	3,702	2,377	1,325	111 (G 71) (B 40) - ---	3,332	740
Vermont	Burlington	149,154	3,682	2,364	1,318	110 (G 71) (B 40) - ---	3,313	736
Minnesota	Saint Cloud	147,748	3,647	2,341	1,306	109 (G 70) (B 39) - ---	3,282	729
Idaho	Boise City	145,900	3,601	2,312	1,289	108 (G 69) (B 39) - ---	3,241	720
Missouri	Kansas City-Saint Joseph	144,483	3,566	2,290	1,277	107 (G 69) (B 38) - ---	3,210	713
New York	Ogdensburg	143,700	3,547	2,277	1,270	106 (G 68) (B 38) - ---	3,192	709
Michigan	Saginaw	139,937	3,454	2,218	1,237	104 (G 67) (B 37) - ---	3,109	691
North Carolina	Charlotte	138,583	3,421	2,196	1,225	103 (G 66) (B 37) - ---	3,079	684
Colorado	Colorado Springs	136,814	3,377	2,168	1,209	101 (G 65) (B 36) - ---	3,039	675
New Mexico	Las Cruces	132,646	3,274	2,102	1,172	98 (G 63) (B 35) - ---	2,947	655
Minnesota	Winona	130,527	3,222	2,068	1,153	97 (G 62) (B 35) - ---	2,900	644
Louisiana	Houma-Thibodaux	130,000	3,209	2,060	1,149	96 (G 62) (B 34) - ---	2,888	642
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	125,332	3,094	1,986	1,108	93 (G 60) (B 33) - ---	2,784	619
Michigan	Kalamazoo	117,088	2,890	1,855	1,035	87 (G 56) (B 31) - ---	2,601	578
Kansas	Wichita	116,913	2,886	1,853	1,033	87 (G 56) (B 31) - ---	2,597	577
Colorado	Pueblo	110,200	2,720	1,746	974	82 (G 52) (B 29) - ---	2,448	544
Pennsylvania	Altoona-Johnstown	108,202	2,671	1,715	956	80 (G 51) (B 29) - ---	2,404	534
Texas	Victoria in Texas	106,441	2,627	1,687	941	79 (G 51) (B 28) - ---	2,365	525
Arkansas	Little Rock	106,051	2,618	1,681	937	79 (G 50) (B 28) - ---	2,356	524
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	103,988	2,567	1,648	919	77 (G 49) (B 28) - ---	2,310	513
Illinois	Belleville	103,818	2,563	1,645	917	77 (G 49) (B 28) - ---	2,306	513
Iowa	Davenport	103,037	2,543	1,633	910	76 (G 49) (B 27) - ---	2,289	509
West Virginia	Wheeling-Charleston	100,614	2,483	1,594	889	75 (G 48) (B 27) - ---	2,235	497
Illinois	Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabarese)	100,000	2,468	1,585	884	74 (G 48) (B 27) - ---	2,221	494
Indiana	Lafayette in Indiana	98,003	2,419	1,553	866	73 (G 47) (B 26) - ---	2,177	484
Iowa	Des Moines	97,628	2,410	1,547	863	72 (G 46) (B 26) - ---	2,169	482
Iowa	Sioux City	94,186	2,325	1,493	832	70 (G 45) (B 25) - ---	2,092	465
Nevada	Reno	91,973	2,270	1,457	813	68 (G 44) (B 24) - ---	2,043	454
Kentucky	Covington	89,736	2,215	1,422	793	66 (G 43) (B 24) - ---	1,993	443
Nebraska	Lincoln	89,431	2,207	1,417	790	66 (G 43) (B 24) - ---	1,987	441
Texas	Beaumont	89,345	2,205	1,416	790	66 (G 42) (B 24) - ---	1,985	441
Indiana	Evansville	89,345	2,205	1,416	790	66 (G 42) (B 24) - ---	1,985	441
Washington	Spokane	86,721	2,141	1,374	766	64 (G 41) (B 23) - ---	1,926	428
Missouri	Jefferson City	86,483	2,135	1,370	764	64 (G 41) (B 23) - ---	1,921	427
North Dakota	Fargo	84,190	2,078	1,334	744	62 (G 40) (B 22) - ---	1,870	416
Wisconsin	Superior	83,622	2,064	1,325	739	62 (G 40) (B 22) - ---	1,858	413
Texas	San Angelo	82,734	2,042	1,311	731	61 (G 39) (B 22) - ---	1,838	408
Texas	Lubbock	80,742	1,993	1,279	713	60 (G 38) (B 21) - ---	1,794	399
Louisiana	Lake Charles	80,519	1,987	1,276	712	60 (G 38) (B 21) - ---	1,789	397
Michigan	Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean)	77,000	1,901	1,220	680	57 (G 37) (B 20) - ---	1,711	380
Michigan	Gaylord	76,060	1,877	1,205	672	56 (G 36) (B 20) - ---	1,690	375
Georgia	Savannah	75,987	1,876	1,204	671	56 (G 36) (B 20) - ---	1,688	375
Alabama	Birmingham	74,777	1,846	1,185	661	55 (G 36) (B 20) - ---	1,661	369
Mississippi	Biloxi	72,158	1,781	1,143	638	53 (G 34) (B 19) - ---	1,603	356
Minnesota	Duluth	70,950	1,751	1,124	627	53 (G 34) (B 19) - ---	1,576	350
Minnesota	New Ulm	69,503	1,716	1,101	614	51 (G 33) (B 18) - ---	1,544	343
Washington	Yakima	68,561	1,692	1,086	606	51 (G 33) (B 18) - ---	1,523	338
Michigan	Marquette	68,360	1,687	1,083	604	51 (G 32) (B 18) - ---	1,519	337
Tennessee	Memphis	65,779	1,624	1,042	581	49 (G 31) (B 17) - ---	1,461	325
Alabama	Mobile	65,588	1,619	1,039	580	49 (G 31) (B 17) - ---	1,457	324
Pennsylvania	Archeparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian)	65,500	1,617	1,038	579	49 (G 31) (B 17) - ---	1,455	323
North Dakota	Bismarck	64,245	1,586	1,018	568	48 (G 31) (B 17) - ---	1,427	317
Missouri	Springfield-Cape Girardeau	63,240	1,561	1,002	559	47 (G 30) (B 17) - ---	1,405	312
Florida	Pensacola-Tallahassee	62,289	1,537	987	550	46 (G 30) (B 17) - ---	1,384	307
Kansas	Dodge City	60,554	1,495	960	535	45 (G 29) (B 16) - ---	1,345	299
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)	60,100	1,483	952	531	45 (G 29) (B 16) - ---	1,335	297
Montana	Great Falls-Billings	57,144	1,410	906	505	42 (G 27) (B 15) - ---	1,269	282
Oklahoma	Tulsa	56,094	1,385	889	496	42 (G 27) (B 15) - ---	1,246	277
Texas	Tyler	55,934	1,381	886	494	41 (G 27) (B 15) - ---	1,243	276
New Mexico	Gallup	55,700	1,375	883	492	41 (G 26) (B 15) - ---	1,237	275
Mississippi	Jackson	51,992	1,283	824	459	38 (G 25) (B 14) - ---	1,155	257
Kentucky	Owensboro	51,847	1,280	822	458	38 (G 25) (B 14) - ---	1,152	256
Tennessee	Knoxville	50,411	1,244	799	445	37 (G 24) (B 13) - ---	1,120	249
Montana	Helena	49,927	1,232	791	441	37 (G 24) (B 13) - ---	1,109	246
Louisiana	Alexandria	48,050	1,186	761	425	36 (G 23) (B 13) - ---	1,067	237
Wyoming	Cheyenne	47,800	1,180	757	422	35 (G 23) (B 13) - ---	1,062	236
Kansas	Salina	46,737	1,154	741	413	35 (G 22) (B 12) - ---	1,038	231
Kentucky	Lexington	45,815	1,131	726	405	34 (G 22) (B 12) - ---	1,018	226
Texas	Amarillo	43,651	1,077	692	386	32 (G 21) (B 12) - ---	970	215
Ohio	Steubenville	40,411	997	640	357	30 (G 19) (B 11) - ---	898	199
Louisiana	Shreveport	39,436	973	625	348	29 (G 19) (B 10) - ---	876	195
Oregon	Baker	38,390	948	608	339	28 (G 18) (B 10) - ---	853	190
Minnesota	Crookston	36,263	895	575	320	27 (G 17) (B 10) - ---	806	179
California	Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean)	35,000	864	555	309	26 (G 17) (B 9) - ---	778	173
New York	Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite) (Eparchy)	35,000	864	555	309	26 (G 17) (B 9) - ---	778	173
American Virgin Islands	Saint Thomas	35,000	864	555	309	26 (G 17) (B 9) - ---	778	173
Alaska	Anchorage	29,693	733	471	262	22 (G 14) (B 8) - ---	660	147
South Dakota	Rapid City	29,440	727	467	260	22 (G 14) (B 8) - ---	654	145
Massachusetts	Eparchy of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite)	29,024	716	460	256	21 (G 14) (B 8) - ---	645	143
California	Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite)	27,500	679	436	243	20 (G 13) (B 7) - ---	611	136
New Jersey	Eparchy of Passaic (Ruthenian)	24,031	593	381	212	18 (G 11) (B 6) - ---	534	119
Alaska	Fairbanks	17,978	444	285	159	13 (G 9) (B 5) - ---	399	89
Connecticut	Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian)	16,000	395	254	141	12 (G 8) (B 4) - ---	355	79
New Jersey	Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian)	13,140	324	208	116	10 (G 6) (B 3) - ---	292	65
Ohio	Eparchy of Parma (Ruthenian)	12,401	306	197	110	9 (G 6) (B 3) - ---	275	61
Illinois	Eparchy of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian)	12,000	296	190	106	9 (G 6) (B 3) - ---	267	59
Ohio	Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian)	11,058	273	175	98	8 (G 5) (B 3) - ---	246	55
Alaska	Juneau	5,366	132	85	47	4 (G 3) (B 1) - ---	119	26
Ohio	Eparchy of Saint George's in Canton (Romanian)	5,000	123	79	44	4 (G 2) (B 1) - ---	111	25
Arizona	Eparchy of Van Nuys (Ruthenian)	2,849	70	45	25	2 (G 1) (B 1) - ---	63	14
Arizona	Eparchy of Van Nuys (Ruthenian)	2,849	70	45	25	2 (G 1) (B 1) - ---	63	14

What

Estimating the numbers

" ... a random survey of over 7,000 active Catholics in the U.S. and Canada found a closer ratio, that 1.7 percent of the females and 3.3percent of the males had been sexually abused in childhood by a priest..." (Katherine van Wormer, MSSW, Ph.D.) Psychology Today - Priest abuse male compared female victimization impact published May 20, 2010.

Using these numbers as a base whilst recognising that a substantialnumber of victims would have already left the church the followingformula is used to calculate a low estimate of the number of sexualabuse victims in a given population of Catholics.

1.2 billion catholics
1.7% females abused = 10,404,000 [1.7% of 51.98% of the Catholic population]
3.3% males abused = 19,404,000 [3.3% of 48.02% of the Catholic population]

29,808,000 [combined males and females] Catholics identify themselves as having been sexually abused in childhood by a Catholic priest.


This formula can be applied to any population.
Estimate number of Australian Catholics sexually abused in their childhood by Catholic priests.
Australia 5,239,000 million catholics (2006 Census)
Estimated number of survivors who have been "finalized" (completed church or legal process) in Australia between 1000 and 4000.
1.7% females abused = 45,422
3.3% males abused = 84,715

Data sources:
http://www.usccb.org/
http://www.ato.gov.au/
http://www.ncls.org.au/
http://www.ppo.catholic.org.au/
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/

"Once a cult gets big enough to dominate large areas of life (generallylarge enough to kill people) and gets official recognition, it becomes a 'religion'." Silverwhistle.

"A review of the literature on priest/clergy abuse reveals that for both genders the typical survivor became disillusioned with the churchand suffered a loss of religious faith as a result of the abuse and thesubsequent institutional response to the abuse. An inadequate amount of research has been done to determine the full extent of suicideattempts or completed suicides of victims of this form of abuse. Oneestimate in the literature is that 20 percent of children who wereabused by religious authorities considered suicide at some point.""...two major themes: loss of religious faith, and attacks on theirpersonal integrity when they told of the abuse." Psychology Today - Priest abuse male compared female victimization impact

It is estimated that only approximately 3% obtain a resolution via thecourts or the church; this leaves 117,000 survivors without any form ofjustice or adequate treatment and support. The vast majority of thesesurvivors will be in receipt of some form of government benefit orpension.

Survivors of sexual abuse who were not'institutionalised' were excluded from the recent "ForgottenAustralians" apology. No legislation to assist victims has been passedin an Australian Parliament to aid these or other victims ofinstitutional or clergy abuse.

Statute of limitations laws remain in effect in all Australian States with the exception of South Australia.

This clearly defined subset of Catholics and ex-Catholics can be shown to be the subject of discrimination on the basis of the status of theirabusers.