MEGASKANDAL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: They published a shocking report on child abuse, the number is huge – Topky.sk

According to the AFP agency, the commission published the groundbreaking report after a 2.5-year investigation. If victims of abuse over the past seven decades include victims of acts committed by lay members of the church, such as teachers in Catholic schools, the number will increase to 330,000.

The cruel indifference of the church

“Until 2000, the Catholic Church showed deep and even cruel indifference to the victims,” Commission President Jean-Marc Sauvé said at a press conference. Sauvé called on the church to compensate the victims of these acts financially, although most cases related to alleged crimes can no longer be prosecuted.

The commission’s report, which has almost 2,500 pages, states that the “vast majority” of the victims were boys from a wide range of social backgrounds.

The abuse was committed by more than 3,000 people, mostly priests

“After the family and the circle of friends, the Catholic Church is the environment in which sexual violence is most prevalent,” stated in the report.

Source: TASR / Thomas Coex, Pool via AP

In an interview published in the Le Journal du Dimanche on Sunday, Sauvé previously said that 3,000 people who had abused children had worked in church councils over the past 70 years. Two thirds of them were priests.