There is important information coming out of this Case Study No. 50 of the Royal Commission.  Part is the statistics, particularly showing that the incidence of child sex abuse varied widely over diocese and within religious orders.  There are possible areas of investigation for the Church to determine why this is true, particularly why certain religious orders had a higher percentage of csa (child sex abusers) compared to others or why the percentages of csa persisted longer in one order than another.  Same could be said for differences between dioceses.  

Submissions to this phase of the Royal Commission study are at the Commission website (below).  The statistics are given in Exhibit Number 50-0001, the first document listed.  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/261be84b-bec0-4440-b294-57d3e7de1234/case-study-50,-february-2017,-sydney 

Fascinating transcript from yesterday with Whelan and Ranson, both priests and PhDs, looking for answers, different directions.