Spain's Catholic Church finds hundreds of alleged child abusers over eight decades

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According to the victims, more than 63 per cent of the alleged abusers have died. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MADRID – An investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 728 alleged abusers and 927 victims since the 1940s, according to its first report.

The issue came under a spotlight in Spain in 2021 after El Pais newspaper reported more than 1,200 alleged cases, years after sexual abuse scandals had rocked the Church in countries such as the United States, Ireland and France. “We want to know what went wrong in the selection of candidates for the priesthood, what went wrong during their training…what has led a person who decided to give himself to God, to give himself to sexual abuse,” Mr Vera said.

 

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