The independent commission called on the Catholic Church to help compensate the victims, notably in cases that are too old to prosecute via the courts.
The independent commission called on the Catholic Church to help compensate the victims, notably in cases that are too old to prosecute via the courts.
Victims of clerical sex abuse have bitterly criticized plans by France's Catholic bishops for all clergy to include a scannable QR code on their identity cards certifying whether they face restrictions for crimes or misdemeanors.
The new scheme follows on from a two-and-a-half investigation which yielded a 2,500 page report detailing 70 years of sexual abuse within the church and estimating some 330,000 victims.