text: so felons can't have been abused?  maybe they used drugs because of the abuse?  I know a Byzantine Catholic who took a teen into his home, because he was a "troubled" teen.   he later accused the priest of abusing  him, but he wasn't believed because he had been a drug user.   interestingly enough, the priest later showed his deacon's son nude pics...  by then Father was long gone.  this priest had a rather checkered past to say the least...  RC monk in monastery that was disbanded because of the irregular life of the community, he later was a Greek Orthodox monk on Mt. Athos, later an Eastern Catholic priest and moved from one jurisdiction to another, then this event.      He flirted with me a time or two and was rebuffed.     I firmly believe the kid, no matter what his other problems.  and you have to keep in  mind, many of those targeted were targeted because of their problems, it made them vulnerable.