It presents a global impression of the complaints, but how exactly this reflects the extent of clergy abuse remains open. 1 On the whole, however, the report, an analysis of questionnaire responses given by Church agencies on the basis of their registers of complaints against the clergy, does little more than scratch the surface of the problem. The much discussed John Jay College report on sexual abuse of minors by the American clergy (and deacons) up to 2002 confirmed what was long known to many insiders, but could hardly be believed by many common Catholics: cases of molestation of children and (pre-)adolescents by priests, deacons, and friars were far from exceptional and many bishops, superiors of religious orders, and other Church authorities did not take appropriate action. A few suggestions are discussed for the prevention of the abuses of the past decades: (a) improved screening of candidates for the priesthood as well as for the office of bishop on masculine personality maturity, which includes normal heterosexuality and fatherhood qualities (b) a spiritual regime for seminary students and priests that is demanding on the self and directs the battle for holiness (c) appointment of bishops and seminary regents who are active apostles of Humanae vitae and Evangelium vitae. The general dissent from the moral doctrine on sexuality and marriage (as set forth in the encyclical Humanae vitae) has paved the way for this process. This points to the substantial over-representation of homosexually inclined men among seminarians and priests, which in turn is related to a process of “homosexualization” (and feminization) in the Church. Data on the age of the preferred partner of same-sex attracted men show that the abuse of minors by priests and deacons is primarily a question of “ordinary” homosexuality, and secondarily of homosexual pedophilia (not just unspecified “pedophilia”).