Yolande Ormancey News Today

PARIS, France -- French Catholic clergy sexually abused around 216,000 minors spanning seven decades since 1950, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up by a "veil of silence," an independent commission said Tuesday. The commission's two-and-a-half-year inquiry and 2,500-page report prompted out

PARIS: French Catholic clergy sexually abused around 216,000 minors spanning seven decades since 1950, a “massive phenomenon” that was covered up by a “veil of silence,” an independent commission said Tuesday. The commission’s two-and-a-half-year inquiry and 2,500-page report prompted outrage as the Catholic Church in France and around the world faces a growing number of abuse

Report findings prompt outrage as Catholic Churches around the world face a growing number of abuse claims and prosecutions