what are the statistics on sexual abuse of children in Poland?

Imagine if we took all the serious sex offenders out of prisons in the UK and shot them, end of prison overcrowding

well i think they're not the bulk of prison population but the penalty sounds right but i know my law abiding side says make them pay back what they took to society - for life. make them do something of benefit to the community. and i do feel its getting of lightly

Ok, let me say about two thing.

First, to all people that accuse priest in Poland of abusing kids. How do you know that the problem is so big? It's so popular nowadays to criticaze church for everything. I can't see (almost) any parents concerned about their child's relations with priest. There were maybe 2-3 cases that actually were not handled properly by the church but that's about it.

Next, be extremaly careful when you accuse somebody of abusing kids. I work in two professions that are very often falsely accused of sexualy abusing kids: babysitting & teaching. Lately I talked to experienced teacher and he told me he knew a guy that was accused of abusing his students. He was fired and outcasted even though it turned out he was innocent.

But I don't want you to think that I think that the problem does not exist. It's a serious problem, and we (people) haven't really learnt yet how to deal with it. But I think either shooting/castrating these people is not a solution, but it's also trendy to say. We got to learn a way to prevent child abuse.

I'm not saying that the RC has acted inappriatly in Poland, I haven't researched either way, yet. But the problem has cropped up in the UK, the USA and Down under

It is what I am saying . If a priest was unofficialy accused of abusing child (as I said there were a couple cases) he was just moved to another district. It's not a solution! If he was really abusing kids he should face consequences. If he was accused falsely than... well, why to move him to another district?



Which doesn't necessary mean it's a serious one in Poland...

I've taken this from the Warsaw voice.



warsawvoice.pl/archiwum.phtml/1575/

Thanks for the article, Giles.....interesting stats.

Stats are always monitored by Govt. .


It is a big problem I tell you. But then, I believe... it will come out at a time. Till then yu can speculate. Nothing stays hidden for long.

That's very true. This subject is considered taboo everywhere, but several western societies have been forced to acknowledge that sexual abuse exists, particularly amongst the clergy/churches - that certainly helped bring in out into the open. It encouraged more victims to come forward exposing family members as well. As for executing perpetrators, I doubt that will eradicate them (human nature being what it is). The best way is to educate the public, make children realise it's wrong and that there are people who will listen to their story and do something about it. By educating society, it puts the spotlight on the whole thing - it may not stamp out offenders, but it will lead to increased prosecutions and jail time. Poland has really only recently become a part of the wider world which would have an impact on how far they've come in bringing this crime to the fore - the whole thing is related to the "norms" in a society and if poles still "beat" their children into submission (as per above article)...it doesn't look good for the children who are victims of sexual predators.