**What are the root causes of the recent clerical sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church?** A comment to this question (**Is it known which seminary or seminaries produced the majority of Catholic priests who were accused of sexual abuse in the USA?** ) lead me to ask this one: > Considering clerical abuse is a worldwide phenomenon that crosses all denominations, looking for a few seminaries as the root cause seems misguided. Protestant churches have no requirement of celibacy, but they are not immune to these vices either. What are the origins of this sinful phenomenon within the clergy of the Catholic Church.

I recently read something in my parish’s bulletin saying that our diocese was getting investigated by the Attorney General for sex abuse. > With this announcement, Wisconsin will join at least 22 other states that have launched investigations into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and others in position of leadership. > > https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/04/23/wisconsin-attorney-general-to-investigate-sex-abuse-by-catholic-clerics/ But I can't find a list of which states are getting investigated currently. Are there new allegations of sexual abuse that Catholics should know about or is this just the same stories as before being rehashed?

**Is it known which seminary or seminaries produced the majority of Catholic priests who were accused of sexual abuse in the USA?** The Catholic Church has suffered from the unfaithful and immoral priests within her ranks since the outbreak of the Sexual abuse scandals of 2001. As concerns the seminaries within the United States of America do we know which seminary or seminaries produced the majority of priests who were accused of and\or convicted of sexual abuse in the USA? I am also interested in the particular time period, either of accusation, conviction of the offences in question!