Among those 3,000 people, two-thirds are reportedly diocesan priests, according to an investigation by an independent commission.
The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 pedophiles in its clergy since the 1950s, the head of an independent commission investigating sexual abuse said Sunday.
"We had to cross historical, sociological, medical and psychiatric perspectives. We had to call upon skills in the area of child protection, social work, questions of abuse and also bring to bear skills in the area of theology and law,"The commission has been investigating sexual abuse within the French church for two and a half years and will publish their full findings in a report on Tuesday.
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