So why do gay men on average die 6 to 7 years before smokers on average die? This statistic is a dirty little secret that most in the media rufuse to report.
As for the church, I think most of the sexual crap that 1% or 2% of priests find themselves in trouble for was homosexual. Roughly 80% of the cases were sexual acts commited on males after they reached maturity (age rang or 13-17).
Another well kept secret is the media does not find it news worthy to print sexual misconduct commited by gay males. I think the reason lies in the media's victum creation mentality they have used when it comes to groups like, lets say, blacks. Most race based hate crimes in this country are black on white crime. You would never know that because the media chooses not to report them. Why? Because I guess in their mind it's normal behavior.