An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France s Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country s first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon.
The church had shown "deep, total and even cruel indifference for years," protecting itself rather than the victims of what was systemic abuse, said Jean-Marc Sauve, head of the commission that compiled the report.
PARIS, Oct 5 Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP days ahead of the release of its report. The commission’s research uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 paedophile priests or.
French clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors said the Catholic Church had turned a blind eye to the 'scourge' for too long.
French clergy sexually assaulted at least 216,000 minors between 1950 and 2020, the head of the independent commission investigating sexual abuse in the church, Jean-Marc Sauve, announced on Tuesday. An investigation showed that "216,000 people below age of majority were sexually abused by priests or other religious officials" during those…