Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800
1 year, 10 months ago

Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — More than 4,800 individuals may have been victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church and 512 alleged victims have already come forward with their stories, an expert panel looking into historic abuse in the church said Monday. The Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese bishops just over a year ago, looked into alleged cases from 1950 onward. The report, criticized by some as long overdue, came four years after Pope Francis gathered church leaders from around the world at the Vatican to address the sex abuse crisis in the church. Child sex abuse is a “heinous crime,” Ornelas said in a statement he read out later Monday, adding: “It is an open wound which pains and embarrasses us.” The panel regretted that the Vatican had taken so long to grant access to church archives.

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What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims
2 months ago

What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims

The Independent  

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Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday, asking a court to force the Seattle Archdiocese to turn over decades of records. Ferguson said the archdiocese ignored a second subpoena issued this spring …

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation
9 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation

The Independent  

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Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain’s ombudsman, or “defensor del pueblo,” following an 18-month …

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

LA Times  

Spanish ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo delivers a report on abuse in the Catholic Church to President of the Congress Francina Armengol in Madrid on Friday. Spain’s first official investigation of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. …

Over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
1 year, 3 months ago

Over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

The Hindu  

A sweeping, year-long study of sex abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland published on September 12 has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. The report, commissioned by the Swiss Conference of Bishops and led by two University of Zurich …

Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
1 year, 3 months ago

Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A sweeping, year-long study of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland published Tuesday has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. The report, commissioned by the Swiss Conference of Bishops and led by two University of Zurich …

Portugal is starting the atoning process for clergy sex abuse. Here’s what other countries have done
1 year, 4 months ago

Portugal is starting the atoning process for clergy sex abuse. Here’s what other countries have done

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — While the Catholic Church in the U.S., Australia and some other countries began coming to terms with their clergy sexual abuse legacies years ago and set up mechanisms to compensate victims, the hierarchy in Portugal has only recently offered an account and bungled its initial response to victims. According to the U.S. bishops’ 2022 annual report, U.S. …

More than 450 Catholic clergymen abused nearly 2,000 children in Illinois, state report says
1 year, 7 months ago

More than 450 Catholic clergymen abused nearly 2,000 children in Illinois, state report says

CNN  

CNN — More than 450 adult Catholic clergymen abused nearly 2,000 children in the state of Illinois over a period of almost 90 years, according to a report released Tuesday from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. “This report reveals names and detailed information of 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers who abused at least 1,997 children across all of the …

Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland
1 year, 8 months ago

Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state report released Wednesday that revealed the scope of abuse spanning 80 years and accused church leaders of decades of coverups. “The sheer number of abusers and victims, the depravity of the …

Report reveals over 600 abuse cases in Baltimore Catholic church
1 year, 8 months ago

Report reveals over 600 abuse cases in Baltimore Catholic church

Al Jazeera  

Officials say abuse in the Baltimore archdiocese — stretching back to 1940s — was ‘pervasive, pernicious and persistent’. “The sheer number of abusers and victims, the depravity of the abusers’ conduct, and the frequency with which known abusers were given the opportunity to continue preying upon children are astonishing.” The report adds to a growing list of sexual abuse allegations …

French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition
1 year, 9 months ago

French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition

Associated Press  

PARIS — “I came back to life.” Like other victims of child abuse by priests, 52-year-old Stéphane said getting an official recognition from France’s Catholic Church of what happened is helping him get better, at last. Stéphane is among 201 victims granted financial or other reparations from the church so far under a process launched last year by an independent …

France: About 200 church sex abuse victims get compensation
1 year, 9 months ago

France: About 200 church sex abuse victims get compensation

Associated Press  

PARIS — About 190 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have been promised financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, the independent body in charge of the process said Thursday. More than 1,180 victims of priests or other church representatives have come forward to claim compensation since the body …

Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is ’tip of iceberg’: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is ’tip of iceberg’: Report

Live Mint  

At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church - mostly priests - over the past 70 years, the commission investigating the issue said in a report on Monday, adding the findings are the "tip of the iceberg". " to pay a sincere tribute to those who were abuse victims during their childhood and dared …

Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican
2 years, 1 month ago

Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Italy’s Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual abuse and revealed Thursday that more than 600 cases from Italy were on file at the Vatican since 2000. The report of the Italian bishops’ conference, which only covered complaints that local Italian church authorities had received over the last two years, did not mention the hundreds …

French Catholic Church starts compensating sex abuse victims
2 years, 2 months ago

French Catholic Church starts compensating sex abuse victims

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s Catholic Church has paid financial compensation to 23 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives under a recently launched reparation process, the body in charge of compensation decisions said Friday. Representatives of the Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation said during a news conference that over 1,000 victims have come forward to …

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases
2 years, 10 months ago

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first month of work it received allegations from 214 people. The allegations are from people born between 1933 and 2006 and tell of psychological torment kept secret for decades, the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse …

French bishops agree to compensate sex abuse victims
3 years, 1 month ago

French bishops agree to compensate sex abuse victims

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s Catholic Church announced on Monday that it would financially compensate sex abuse victims by selling property assets or taking out a loan if needed. He stressed that the Church has recognized its “institutional responsibility” and decided to go “on a path of recognition and reparation that paves the way for victims to get the possibility of a …

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
3 years, 2 months ago

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

Associated Press  

PARIS — Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The independent commission urged the church to take strong action, denouncing its “faults” and “silence.” It also called …

Report Finds 3.30 Lakh Children Were Victims of French Clergy Sex Abuse Since 1950
3 years, 2 months ago

Report Finds 3.30 Lakh Children Were Victims of French Clergy Sex Abuse Since 1950

News 18  

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. Francois Devaux, head of the victims’ group La Parole Libérée, said it was “a turning point in our history.” He denounced the coverups that permitted …

Report finds 216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950
3 years, 2 months ago

Report finds 216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950

Live Mint  

An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that an estimated 216,000 children were victims of abuse by clergy since 1950, Jean-Marc Sauve, head of the commission that compiled the report, said on Tuesday. The revelations in France are the latest to rock the Roman Catholic Church, after a series of sexual abuse scandals around the …

The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
3 years, 2 months ago

The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

Al Jazeera  

A series of abuse scandals, often involving children, have rocked the Catholic Church in recent decades. The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sexual abuse scandals over the last three decades. An independent inquiry on Tuesday said it had concluded there were about 216,000 victims of sexual abuse carried out by the French Catholic Church’s clergy between 1950 …

French clergy sexually abused ‘over 200,000 children’ since 1950
3 years, 2 months ago

French clergy sexually abused ‘over 200,000 children’ since 1950

Al Jazeera  

About 216,000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused by thousands of French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy since 1950, an independent inquiry has found, alleging the phenomenon was covered up by a “veil of silence”. Speaking at a public, online presentation of the report, Suave added that the Church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference …

Sex abuse data from Poland’s Catholic Church is decades too late
3 years, 5 months ago

Sex abuse data from Poland’s Catholic Church is decades too late

Al Jazeera  

These figures detailing allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy do not tell the full story. Last Monday, Poland’s Catholic Church released new figures of the number of complaints it has received alleging sexual abuse at the hands of its clergy. On one hand, that Poland’s church made these figures public is useful as it provides some data on the …

Spain: Catholic leaders put numbers to sex abuse claims
3 years, 8 months ago

Spain: Catholic leaders put numbers to sex abuse claims

Associated Press  

MADRID — In a first public attempt to put numbers to instances of child sex abuse by the country’s Catholic clergy, Spain’s Episcopal Conference revealed Friday that 220 cases were officially reported to the Vatican over the past two decades. The conference, which is the top governing body of Spain’s Catholic Church, said Spanish bishops submitted 76 allegations against regular …

Catholic Church Pays $7 Million to More than 70 Victims in Colorado of Sexual Abuse by Priests
4 years ago

Catholic Church Pays $7 Million to More than 70 Victims in Colorado of Sexual Abuse by Priests

News 18  

The Roman Catholic Church has paid out $7.3 million to more than 70 people sexually abused during their youth by priests in Colorado parishes, settling claims dating back over two decades, authorities said on Tuesday. In its review of all three Colorado dioceses stretching back to the 1950s, the state attorney general’s inquiry documented a total of 212 cases of …

Report: Church of England failed to tackle child sex abuse
4 years, 2 months ago

Report: Church of England failed to tackle child sex abuse

Associated Press  

LONDON — The Church of England failed to protect children and young people from sexual predators for decades, preferring instead to safeguard its own reputation, and created a culture where abusers were able to hide, an independent report said Tuesday. The report found that, in many cases, the Church of England failed to take the abuse allegations seriously, and that …

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