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priests poorly trained to deal with it, and the surge of sexual abuse by priests mirrored transient society. some call it blaming woodstock. >> there was a number of types of deviant behavior that increased in the '60s and '70s and we saw the increase in abuse cases in the church was consistent with some of the other patterns of behavior. >> researchers from john jay college of criminal justice also found neither celibacy or homosexuality were to blame. that gay priests were not significantly more likely to abuse minors than heterosexual priests. surprisingly, the report takes issue with the term pedophile priest, saying less than 5% of the thousands of priests accused of abuse met the definition of pedophile. researchers say reports of abuse have dropped sharply since the mid-'80s. the bishops credit their reform. >> the study shows what we're doing works. >> reporter: some victims of abuse say the report is flawed