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Catholic clergy on abortion: preliminary findings of a New York State survey.


 Data for this article is based on a survey carried out as a part of a large study which gathered information by sending questionnaries to a random sample of priests in New York State. 931 respondents completed the questionnaries in the last three months of 1972. Cases are divided among three samples including the sample of priests, a supplementary sample to equalize the number of cases from each of the eight dioceses, and a special job sample of all the hospital and college chaplains not included in the first two samples. The findings revealed that 1) nearly 4 out of 10 priests have reservations about the traditional church teaching on direct abortion; 2) 64% state that the traditional teaching is clear and that they are in complete agreement with it; 3) the younger the priest the less likely he is to agree with the church position; 4) hospital chaplains express more agreement with the traditional teaching than any other job category; 5) the proportions who disagree are highest in the two New York City dioceses, 6) the higher the education of the priest the less likely he is to agree with the traditional position; 7) there is a strong relationship between a priest's position on the tradit ional church teaching and his won political activity related to abortion such as writing to officials protesting the liberalized law, etc.; 8) 11% of the diocesan sample believe there should be no laws on abortion. It is concluded that Catholic clergy are in a state of flux over many issues concerning abortion and that this deserves further investigation.
