Pope says he’ll meet with French sex abuse commission
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis agreed Monday to meet with the commission that published a ground-breaking report into clergy sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church and, separately, expressed “sadness” over the sudden downfall of the Archbishop of Paris, according to French bishops who met with him. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops […]
Updated: French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe finds
Updated 7.30am, 6th October, 2021Paris, FranceReuters French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long. The church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference for years,” protecting […]
Survivor tells of “tsunami” of victims ahead of report on French Catholic Church
Paris, FranceReuters A report on sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergymen in France is set to say there has been an estimated 216,000 victims since 1950, a survivor who contributed to the dossier said ahead of its publication on Tuesday. An independent commission spent more than two-and-a-half-years investigating sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in […]
French Catholic Church had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles since 1950s – commission head
Paris, FranceReuters The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex abuse scandal said in an interview published on Sunday. The scandal in the French Church is the latest to hit the Roman Catholic Church, which has […]