According to her data, 20 percent The people of Lithuania believe that the Catholic Church of Lithuania itself can find out possible cases of pedophilia in this institution. Most of the respondents (69%) stated that they do not believe in this, because the church tends to cover up such cases.
Every tenth resident had no opinion or did not answer this question.
Women, people over 50, pensioners, and right-wing respondents believe that the Lithuanian Catholic Church is able to find out possible cases of pedophilia on its own.
Men, people aged 30-49, residents of district centers and smaller towns, respondents with higher than secondary education, respondents with left-wing views do not believe in the church’s ability to find out possible cases of pedophilia on its own.
The survey also shows that those who trust the church have more confidence in its ability to find out possible cases of pedophilia in this institution (29 percent believe it and 60 percent do not believe it) than those who do not trust the church (9 percent believe it and 84 percent do not believe it).
The frequency of church attendance had the greatest influence on the answers of the residents – more than half of those who come to church once a week or more stated that they believe in the ability of this institution to find out such cases on its own (56% believe this and 32% do not).
A third of those who visit at least once a month believe in the explanation of such cases (35% believe it and 54% do not believe it). Among those who attend only a few times a year (15% believe this and 74% do not believe) or never attend (4% believe this and 85% do not believe), the absolute majority do not believe this because they believe that the church tends to do this cover up
A representative survey of the Lithuanian population was conducted by the market and public opinion research company “Baltijos tyrimai” on behalf of LRT from August 24 to September 5. During the research, 1016 Lithuanian residents were interviewed, the error of the results does not exceed 3.1 percentage points.
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