- A recent report disclosed that France’s Catholic clergy has abused 216,000 children over the last 70 years.
- The abused minors rises to 330,000 when including victims at Catholic schools and youth programs.
- Most of the abuse occurred from 1950-1968, when it was widely ignored by the Church.
- The investigation also found that Catholic clergy pedophilia was in decline until the early 1990s.
- Recommendations to prevent future abuse include “reinforcing the presence” of women in Church decision-making and psychological evaluations for prospective priests.
