How many will stand and be counted!

As Always John B from Australia strikes a real chord! read this, and then his update below! It would be very interesting to do a similar poll here in Europe!
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For those who make the claim that there are many Catholic priests, nuns and laity trying to do the right thing.

From our experience of dealing with clergy from across Australia we have calculated the following number of proactive clergy willing and able to assist victims/survivors. If you can add to these numbers please contact me so we can update these figures.

Of the 3126 Catholic priests we have been made aware of 3 who have provided assistance to known victims/survivors.

Of the 5,001,624 Catholics we have found several who claim to be willing to assist yet we have been unable to bring one of these events to fruition.

Of the 64004 religious Catholic sister we have been unable to locate any willing or able to assist known survivors/victims.

Of the 1080 religious Catholic brothers we have been unable to locate any willing or able to assist known survivors/victims.

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JohnB

We would like to thank the anonymous Catholic who pointed out that one of our figures was incorrect - please refer below to "6400 religious Catholic sister" - we incorrectly showed that number to be 64004 and missed the "s" in the word 'sisters'; despite our request for assistance for more than 300 known victim/survivors in need we were unable to add any additional figures to our tally as a result of this conversation; it seems that many members of the laity according to our caller still hold the view of George Pell in that survivors/victims and in particular those who speak out are and remain the enemies of the Catholic church and added to that we are considered to be enemies of our own country.

A response from the USA from a globally known advocate for survivors emailed to inform us that they were unaware of any individuals in the US that would meet similar criteria over there perhaps with the exception of selected members of several "Support" groups.

One response from Australia explained her own situation and how she has been able to obtain a degree of financial support for herself and her children (fathered by Catholic clergy) in return for "favors" while explaining that she is aware of others in similar situations.

JohnB