Over 330,000 children victims of sexual abuse in France's Catholic Church
Commission finds an estimated 216,000 people abused by priests and other clerics
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Commission finds an estimated 216,000 people abused by priests and other clerics
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.
Investigation was prompted by outrage over abuse claims and prosecutions against church officials worldwide
An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216 000 victims from 1950 to 2020, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up for decades by a "veil of silence".
A two and a half year investigation into sexual abuse within the French Catholic Church has found that 216,000 minors were victims of abuse from 1950 to 2020 – in what an independent commission on Tu…