French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe finds

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PARIS: French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday (Oct 5) found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long. The church had shown \u0022deep, total and even cruel indifference for years\u0022, pr

PARIS: French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long.

Sauve said the problem was still there. He added that the church had until the 2000s shown complete indifference to victims and that it only started to really change its attitude in 2015 to 2016.The Catholic Church's teaching on subjects such as sexuality, obedience and the sanctity of the priesthood helped create blind spots which allowed sexual abuse by clergy to happen, Sauve said, adding that the church needed to reform the way it approached those issues to rebuild trust with society.

It added a list of recommendations that included systematically checking the criminal record of any person assigned by the Church to be in regular contact with children or vulnerable people, and providing priests with adequate training.A woman walks into the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, France on Oct 4, 2021.

Sauve said the scale was unprecedented, with most other investigations of the Catholic Church's sexual abuses focusing on victims identified individually. He accused the church of cowardice and thanked the commission, saying the report would prove a turning point:"You finally bring victims an institutional recognition of the responsibility of the church."

 

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