Pedophilia, the French Church will use its assets to compensate victims

The French Catholic Church will use its assets to compensate victims of sexual abuse. The decision was taken during a closed-door meeting of Catholic bishops in Lourdes, during which the “systemic nature” of the abuses was also officially recognized. An ad hoc national commission will also be set up to verify complaints and which will be chaired by the lawyer Marie Derain de Vaucresson, as explained by Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort quoted by France 24. An independent special commission led by Jean-Marc Sauvé has revealed that more than 216,000 people were abused by priests between 1950 and 2020. ” A decisive step ”, a ” vast renewal plan ” of the French Catholic Church. This is how Bishop de Moulins-Beaufort defined the resolutions approved today in Lourdes. “We will transmit to the Holy Father the recommendations of the Ciase concerning the universal Church, in particular with regard to canon law”, added the bishop referring to the report of the independent Commission on sexual abuse in the Church. Without explaining the content of the approved resolutions, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort announced the decision to “set up a series of working groups charged with reflecting on different aspects of our diocesan or national governance so that we can formulate concrete recommendations. proposals”. These are groups that will be ” led by a layman “, added the Archbishop of Reims.