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| Post/ABC/Beliefnet Poll: The Catholic Church Thursday, April 4, 2002 This Washington Post/ABC News/Beliefnet poll was conducted by telephone March 25-28, *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? ---------Approve--------- --------Disapprove------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Strongly Somewhat opin.
3/28/02 79 49 30 18 10 8 3
3/10/02 82 52 30 16 7 9 2
1/27/02 83 56 27 14 7 7 3
12/19/01 86 64 22 12 6 6 2
11/27/01 89 69 21 9 5 4 1
11/6/01 89 65 24 9 4 5 2
10/9/01 92 76 16 6 3 3 1
9/27/01 90 70 20 6 3 3 4
9/13/01 86 63 23 12 6 5 2
9/9/01 55 26 29 41 22 20 3
8/12/01 61 28 33 31 17 14 8
7/30/01 59 28 30 38 22 17 3
6/3/01 55 27 28 40 22 18 6
4/22/01 63 33 30 32 16 16 5
3/25/01 58 NA NA 33 NA NA 8
2/25/01 55 NA NA 23 NA NA 22 2. Overall, would you say you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Catholic Church? ------Favorable------ ------Unfavorable---- No
NET Very Somewhat NET Somewhat Very op.
3/28/02 All 55 NA NA 34 NA NA 11
Cath. 73 NA NA 24 NA NA 3
2/20/02 All 63 NA NA 27 NA NA 11
Cath. 88 NA NA 9 NA NA 4
8/30/99* All 68 32 36 19 12 9 13
*Wash Post/Kaiser/Harvard 3. (CATHOLICS ONLY) How satisfied are you with the leadership provided by (READ ITEM) 3/28/02 Summary Table: Don't know
----Satisfied----- ---Dissatisfied--- priest No
NET Very Smwt. NET Very Smwt. (vol.) op.
a. Your parish
priest/priests 86 57 29 8 3 5 5 1
b. Your bishop 76 40 36 17 6 11 NA 7
c. The Pope 79 41 38 18 4 13 NA 3 Trend: a. Your parish priest/priests Don't know
----Satisfied----- ---Dissatisfied--- priest No
NET Very Smwt. NET Very Smwt. (vol.) op.
3/28/02 86 57 29 8 3 5 5 1
7/18/01* 87 56 31 7 2 5 NA 6
9/28/95 80 48 32 11 4 7 NA 9
8/5/93 78 44 34 14 5 9 NA 8
6/4/92 80 53 27 11 4 7 NA 9
*7/01 and previous, Time/CNN. b. Your bishop ----Satisfied----- ---Dissatisfied--- No
NET Very Smwt. NET Very Smwt. op.
3/28/02 76 40 36 17 6 11 7
7/18/01* 81 42 39 6 1 5 13
9/28/95 73 35 38 12 4 8 15
8/5/93 75 30 45 11 3 8 14
6/4/92 74 45 29 9 4 5 17
*7/01 and previous, Time/CNN. c. The Pope ----Satisfied----- ---Dissatisfied--- No
NET Very Smwt. NET Very Smwt. op.
3/28/02 79 41 38 18 4 13 3
7/18/01* 84 59 25 12 2 10 4
9/28/95 83 48 35 11 4 7 6
8/5/93 81 32 49 15 2 13 4
6/4/92 86 57 29 7 4 3 7
*7/01 and previous, Time/CNN. 4. (CATHOLICS ONLY) Do you think the church should do more to involve Do Doing No
more enough opin.
3/28/02 54 42 4 5. Currently, Roman Catholic priests cannot get married. Do you favor Favor Oppose No opin.
3/28/02 All 21 66 13
Cath. 34 60 6
10/1/95 Cath. 37 61 1
8/8/93 All 26 65 9
Cath. 39 58 4
8/23/87 All 28 56 16
Cath. 45 49 6
3/24/86 All 25 58 17
Cath. 46 50 5 6. Currently, women cannot become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. Favor Oppose No opin.
3/28/02 All 28 64 8
Cath. 35 61 4
10/1/95 Cath. 33 65 2
8/8/93 All 26 67 6
Cath. 34 63 2
8/23/87 All 30 60 10
Cath. 42 53 5
3/24/86 All 26 62 11
Cath. 43 53 4 7. In your opinion, how much of a problem is the issue of sexual abuse of children Major Less immed. Not much No
problem problem at all opin.
3/28/02 All 76 16 6 2
Cath. 71 19 9 1
2/20/02 All 60 26 12 3
Cath. 48 29 21 2 8. Would you call this issue a crisis for the church, or not a crisis? Yes No No opin.
3/28/02 All 80 19 1
Cath. 71 28 1 9. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Catholic Church has handled ---------Approve--------- --------Disapprove------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Strongly Somewhat opin.
3/28/02 All 19 5 14 67 49 18 14
Cath. 28 12 16 66 45 21 6 10. (CATHOLICS ONLY) Do you approve or disapprove of the way (READ ITEM) 3/28/02 Summary Table: Don't know
-----Approve----- ---Disapprove---- priest No
NET Strg. Smwt. NET Strg. Smwt. (vol.) opin.
a. Your own parish
priest/priests 67 45 22 12 6 6 6 14
b. Your bishop 54 29 25 30 16 14 NA 16
c. National leaders
of the Catholic
Church 41 14 26 52 31 22 NA 7 11. Do you think that sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests is something --------Often-------- --------Not often------- Never No
NET Very Smwht. NET Infreq. Rarely (vol.) opin.
3/28/02 All 50 17 33 43 21 22 * 7
Cath. 38 11 27 57 30 27 1 4
2/20/02 All 38 11 27 55 28 26 * 7
Cath. 30 5 24 65 31 34 0 5 12. Do you feel that the Catholic Church is or is not doing enough Doing Not doing No
enough enough opin.
3/28/02 All 26 64 11
Cath. 39 57 5
2/20/02 All 22 64 14
Cath. 37 50 13 13. (and 14) Has the issue of sexual abuse of children by priests hurt the overall --------Hurt reputation--------
Grt. Some- No Has not hurt No
NET deal what opin. reputation op.
3/28/02 All 69 38 31 1 29 2
Cath. 64 35 28 1 35 1
2/20/02 All 59 26 31 1 39 3
Cath. 51 24 27 1 47 2 15. Do you think Catholic priests are more likely than other men to sexually More Less Same No opin.
3/28/02 All 15 14 69 2
Cath. 8 19 72 1
2/20/02 All 11 20 66 3
Cath. 4 31 61 4 16. Sometimes when a priest has been accused of sexually abusing a child, --------Approve-------- --------Disapprove------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Strongly Somewhat op.
3/28/02 All 4 2 2 93 85 9 2
Cath. 7 4 3 92 84 8 1
2/20/02 All 4 2 2 94 85 9 2
Cath. 8 5 3 89 76 13 3 17. For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it 3/28/02 Summary Table: ----Part of Problem---- Not No
NET Major Minor part opin.
a. The church's policy of not
allowing priests to marry
All 76 41 35 21 3
Cath. 74 38 36 25 1 b. The church's policy of not
allowing women to be priests
All 55 18 37 42 3
Cath. 54 19 35 44 2 c. The practice of transferring
priests accused of sexual
abuse to another parish
All 92 80 13 6 2
Cath. 93 77 16 5 2 d. The practice of not calling
the police when a priest is
accused of sexual abuse
All 94 84 10 3 3
Cath. 93 79 14 4 3 e. A reluctance in the Church
to dismiss priests because
of a shortage of priests
All 82 57 25 12 7
Cath. 83 56 27 13 3 f. A lack of Vatican oversight
of the Catholic Church in
the United States
All 70 33 37 20 10
Cath. 72 30 42 21 7 Trend where available: a. The church's policy of not allowing priests to marry ----Part of Problem---- Not No
NET Major Minor part opin.
3/28/02 All 76 41 35 21 3
Cath. 74 38 36 25 1 Compare to: As you may know, the Catholic Church does not allow priests to marry. Do you think this ------------Contributes----------- Does not No
NET Major Minor No op. contribute opin.
2/20/02 All 55 36 17 1 41 4
Cath. 40 24 16 1 56 4 b,c,d,e,f. No trend. 18. (and 19) If a parish priest is accused of sexually abusing a child, do you ---------Should inform--------- Should not No
NET Law Church No op. inform opin.
3/28/02 All 89 65 22 2 9 2
Cath. 83 60 22 1 13 3
2/20/02 All 89 62 26 1 8 3
Cath. 85 58 26 1 12 3 20. (and 21) If a priest is accused of sexually abusing a child, do you think ---------Should report--------- Should not No
NET Law Church No op. report opin.
3/28/02 All 97 81 15 1 2 1
Cath. 97 78 17 2 2 1
2/20/02 All 97 80 15 2 2 1
Cath. 95 75 18 3 3 1 22. (CATHOLICS ONLY) Do you think your diocese should or should not publicly report Should Should not Has already No
report report reported (vol.) opin.
3/28/02 72 25 * 3 23. (CATHOLICS ONLY) Do you think your diocese should or should not publicly release Should Should not Has already No
release release released (vol.) opin.
3/28/02 71 26 1 2 24. In the past, do you think church officials have mainly tried to prevent sexual Prevent Cover up Both (vol.) No opin.
3/28/02 All 16 74 3 7
Cath. 23 66 4 7 25. And how about now, do you think church officials now are mainly trying to Prevent Cover up Both (vol.) No opin.
3/28/02 All 43 46 5 6
Cath. 60 31 4 4 26. How confident are you that the Catholic church can solve the problem of sexual -------Confident------- ------Not confident----- No
NET Very Somewhat NET Not too At all opin.
3/10/02 All 56 16 40 41 23 19 2
Cath. 72 31 41 26 19 8 2 27. Overall, do you think the recent news coverage of this issue has been fair Fair Unfair No opin.
3/28/02 All 76 17 7
Cath. 66 29 5 28. (CATHOLICS ONLY) Has this issue caused you personally to give less money in Less More Same No opin. 3/28/02 9 1 88 2 29. Overall, when you think of the way the church has handled the issue of sexual --------Negative------- --------Positive-------- No
NET Angry Dissat. NET Satis. Pleased opin.
3/28/02 All 80 38 42 17 13 3 3
Cath. 70 36 34 27 19 9 3 30. (CATHOLICS ONLY) Has this issue of sexual abuse by priests caused you to rethink Yes No No opin. 3/28/02 14 85 1 31. (and 32) NET (CATHOLICS ONLY) Do you think there is any chance that you will ------Chance leave church------ Has left
---------Likely----------- Will not already No
NET Very Smwt. Not too leave (vol.) opin.
3/28/02 11 5 5 * 85 3 2 31/33 NET (CATHOLICS ONLY) Do you think there is any chance that you will leave the ------Chance leave church------ Has left
--Sex abuse as reason--- Will not already No
NET Main Not main Not leave (vol.) opin.
3/28/02 11 3 6 2 85 3 2 34. (CATHOLICS ONLY) How much do you trust your own parish priest around children - do Don't know
---------Trust--------- ------Don't trust------ priest No
NET Comp. Good amt. NET Smwt. Not much (vol.) op.
3/28/02 78 60 19 14 9 5 7 2
2/20/02 74 59 15 13 9 4 10 4 35. Are you aware of any instances in which a Catholic priest in your own community has been Yes No No opin.
3/28/02 All 10 89 1
Cath. 13 87 * 36. (CATHOLICS ONLY) As far as you are aware, have any priests in your own parish Don't have
Yes No parish (vol.) No opin.
3/28/02 6 91 2 1 37. (NON-CATHOLICS ONLY) As far as you are aware, have any clergy in your own Don't have a
Yes No congregation (vol.) No opin.
3/28/02 6 94 * * 38. As far as you're aware, do you have any relatives or personal friends who've Yes No No opin.
3/28/02 All 3 96 *
Cath. 5 95 * 39. Aside from weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious services - at least Less than Never No
Weekly Monthly monthly (vol.) opin.
3/28/02 All 40 19 38 3 0
Cath. 43 23 32 2 0
2/20/02 All 38 16 41 5 *
Cath. 38 15 43 3 0 © Copyright 2002 The Washington Post Company
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