A commission in France has tried to quantify the extent of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. There are hundreds of thousands of cases, including many rapes.
According to projections by a commission of inquiry, 216,000 children and young people in the Catholic Church in France have been victims of sexual abuse since the 1950s.
Including the facilities run by the church, 330,000 victims are assumed, said the President of the Independent Abuse Commission in the Church (CIASE), Jean-Marc Sauvé, on Tuesday in Paris. 80 percent of the victims were boys between the ages of 10 and 13, and 20 percent girls of different age groups. The acts were rape in almost a third of the cases.
“The numbers are staggering and cannot remain without consequences,” said the Commission President. The victims suffered suffering, isolation and often shame and guilt. Almost half of them still suffered from the consequences even after many years.
The founder of the victims’ association “La Parole Libérée”, François Devaux, warned the Church when presenting the report, which was eagerly awaited in France: “You have to pay for all these crimes.” It will be about billions.
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