Portugal’s Catholic Church to compensate sexual abuse victims
Fatima, Portugal Reuters Portugal’s Catholic Church said on Thursday it will financially compensate victims of child sexual abuse within the church, setting the amounts to be paid on a case-by-case basis, an approach survivors’ groups have criticised. Members of Portugal’s Bishops’ Conference (CEP) have been meeting since Monday at the Shrine of Fatima in central […]
Portuguese Church struggles to adopt concrete measures to tackle child sexual abuse
Fatma, Portugal Reuters Portugal’s Catholic Church announced a handful of steps on Friday to tackle child sexual abuse within the church – but it said suspected priests still in active roles would not be suspended unless the facts against them were clearly established. The head of Portugal’s Bishops’ Conference (CEP), Jose Ornelas, also said that […]
Thousands of children abused by members of Portugal’s Catholic Church over 70 years – report
Lisbon, PortugalReuters At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church – mostly priests – over the past 70 years, a report by the commission investigating the issue said on Monday, adding the findings are the tip of the iceberg. “[We want] to pay a sincere tribute to those who […]
Portugal panel gathers over 400 testimonies of church sex abuse victims
Lisbon, PortugalReuters A commission investigating child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday it has already gathered more than 400 testimonies of alleged victims but admitted the number of actual cases was “much higher”. The Portuguese commission started its work in January after a report in France revealed around 3,000 priests and […]
Hundreds of church sexual abuse victims “just tip of iceberg”, Portuguese panel says
Lisbon, Portugal AP A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday the nearly 300 testimonies of alleged victims it has collected so far were “just the tip of the iceberg”. “There have been multiple cases of sexual abuse of children and teenagers in the past,” said the head of […]