PARIS, June 17 — At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, the president of a commission set up to investigate the claims said today. Jean-Marc Sauve said preliminary figures suggested some 1,500 clergy and other church officials carried out...
Wednesday, 17 Jun 2020 09:51 PM MYTPARIS, June 17 — At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, the president of a commission set up to investigate the claims said today.
The commission was set up last June at the request of French bishops after a series of paedophilia cases that rocked the Church in France and abroad.The number of estimated victims represents more than 40 cases per year on average over the past seven decades. “What we do not know is how to consolidate these two sources” of potential cases—the hotline and the commission’s own inquiries, he said.
Pope Francis has vowed to confront criminal offences in the church’s ranks, including several cases where top officials knew of sexual assault but failed to inform the authorities.
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