Church in Crisis
When Alleged Abuse Occurred
Louisville Courier-Journal
September 29, 2002
http://www.courier-journal.com/cjextra/2002projects/priestabuse/stories/table_when.html
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People were allegedly abused by priests and others connected with the
Archdiocese of Louisville from the 1950s into the early 1990s. The chart
breaks the suits down by the decades when the abuse is alleged to have
happened. In some cases the alleged abuse spanned more than one decade.
| Decades of abuse |
Count |
Percent |
| 50s |
11 |
6% |
50s-60s |
4 |
2% |
60s |
82 |
44% |
60s-70s |
4 |
2% |
| 70s |
52 |
28% |
| 70s-80s |
2 |
1% |
| 80s |
28 |
15% |
| 80s-90s |
1 |
1% |
| 90s |
1 |
1% |
|