French Catholic Church home to thousands of pedophiles: Report

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French Catholic church bishop says protecting minors from sexual abuse ‘absolute priority’

Oct 3, 2021: Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal said just days ahead of the release of its report.

The commission’s research had uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 paedophile priests or other members of the church, according to a “conservative estimate”.

The commission’s report is due to be released on Tuesday after a two-and-a-half-year investigation based on church, court and police archives, as well as witness interviews.

The 2,500-page report would try to quantify the number of criminals and the number of victims.

It will also look into “the mechanisms, notably institutional and cultural ones” within the Church which allowed paedophiles to remain and will offer 45 proposals. It will also consider “mechanisms, especially institutional and cultural,” within the church,

The French Catholic Church set up an independent commission in 2018 in response to the church’s shaking in France and around the world.

Prior to its formation, Pope Francis passed an important measure requiring those with knowledge of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors.

Comprising 22 legal professionals, doctors, historians, economists and theologians, the commission’s summary was to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse by clerics in the 1950s.

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