systematic, systemic, and although most of the cases it is true took place 50 or more years ago, what the commission will report what the commission will report what the commission report also insists on is that it commission report also insists on is thatitis commission report also insists on is that it is not over now, it is not behind the church. the commission s president spoke of the press conference today. translation: out of those in france aged over 18, - 216,000 were sexually assaulted by clerics, priests oi i iui is as itiii ioi s. if this is added to the victims of lay people in catholic churches, for example employees or volunteers in religious education, or in establishments or youth movements, the number of victims increases from 216,000 to 330,000. in total, violence against minors in the catholic church represents 4% of the total number of sexual offences in france.
for your time this any more. lizzie, we are grateful for your time this afternoon, - any more. lizzie, we are grateful i for your time this afternoon, thanks to its winning some of the issues you are contending with. we wish you well. thanks very much, was a wilson, policy services officer at the national pig association. an independent enquiry hasn t revealed the staggering skill of sexual abuse by the french catholic church. it says 216,000 children have been abused by priests and clergy over the last 70 years. the enquiry says abuse was systemic, that the catholic church showed cruel indifference to the victims. if schofield is in paris. the french public were properly well aware there were problems with paedophilia in the church before this, but i think what the report will do is break the news to many, it will be a shock to them, but the scale and the sheer number of cases that are involved. for the first time, as you say, it seems to be