The U.S. bishops have reported receiving allegations of abuse by 5,600 priests in 1950-2008, or 5.1% of the 109,694 U.S. priests active since 1950.
Other percentages
After the March 2009 release of audit documents by the NH AG, the names of 74 accused Manchester priests are known, or over 8.9% of the 831 diocesan priests, which extrapolates to 9,768 nationally
Covington diocese states that 9.6% of its priests have been accused, which extrapolates to 10,531 nationally
Over 10% of Providence RI priests have been accused, which extrapolates to over 10,969 nationally
Richard Sipe estimates that 9% of U.S. priests have offended, which extrapolates to 9,872 priests nationally
Accused U.S. clerics and religious
whose names have been made public
19 bishops
2,997
priests
+ 85 since July 2008
68
nuns
+ 3 since July 2008
178
brothers
+ 15 since July 2008
39
deacons
16
seminarians
+1 since July 2008
3,317
total
+ 96 since July 2008
The U.S. bishops report receiving allegations from 14,722 victims
or 2.6 victims per priest