STUDY CITES 4,450 CLERGY FOR ABUSE

A draft of the upcoming national survey of sex-abuse claims against Roman Catholic priests has been viewed by CNN, which reported yesterday that 4,450 clergymen have been accused of molesting minors since 1950.  The draft survey said 11,000 abuse claims have been filed against the US churchmen during that period.  The survey is being overseen by the National Review Board, a lay watchdog panel the American bishops, and conducted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.