Meanwhile, right wing clergy commit almost 40% of outside the home Child Sexual Assaults. Only cops--who are between 85 and 90% Republican--commit more.
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Sarah Posner
Specifically, *right-wing white evangelicals* have been fed decades of lies by a hyperorganized apparatus of political organizations, churches, televangelists, and related organizations and influencers that a liberal, pluralistic, diverse democracy is in direct conflict with their religious freedom.
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If it resulted in an arrest or a guilty plea or a conviction, and it got in the news, it got logged.
By July of 2023, it was a soul crushing 20-hour a week job.
In 543 individuals committing CSA, clergy were 37%, cops were 40%. Coaches/teachers were 9%.
I tracked political party affiliation from voter registration and social media posts.
Using the most restrictive sort, Republicans were 128, Democrats 9, Libertarians 2.
Because I wasn't paying for access to 3047 county court systems, and only relying on news coverage, this both undercounts total cases, and overrepresents "newsworthy" cases that make a good headline.
This isn't counting the quieter cases of intra-familial CSA, which are the majority of cases, and don't make news stories.
Anecdotally, when I taught martial arts to cops in Madison WI...there were a couple of cops who bragged about getting blowjobs for not writing tickets.