French clergy have killed 216,000 victims of sexual abuse since 1950

If we add the people who have been attacked by ordinary people working in church institutions (teachers, supervisors, managers of a youth movement …), the number of victims rises to 330 thousand, as indicated by its president, Jean-Marc Sauvy, by revealing the results of The Independent . Church Abuse CommitteebagThe Independent Commission on Abuse in the Church).

These numbers are more than alarming, they are enormous and in no way can go unanswered.Mr. Sophie said.

The President of the French Bishops’ Conference, Eric de Moulin Beaufort, expressed the following disgraceAnd his fear and asked I beg your pardon for the victims.

My wish on this day is to ask you for forgiveness and forgiveness for all, Monsignor de Moulin Beaufort announced to the press. Victims’ voice It annoys us, their number confuses us, he added.

head bagThe Independent Commission on Abuse in the Church On Sunday, it revealed its first troubling data: the number of predators estimated at 2900 to 3200 Men – priests or monks – between 1950 and 2020, is a Minimum estimate.

a perverted system

After two and a half years of work, the report of the commission was publicly delivered on Tuesday morning in Paris to the French episcopate and to religious congregations and congregations, in the presence of representatives of the associations of the victims.

Finally, it offers the victims an institutional acknowledgment of the full responsibility of the Church, which the bishops and the Pope have not yet been able to achieve., released publicly in the preamble, François Defoe, co-founder of the Association of Victims.

The system is skewed, said M. Devaux, calling for a council Vatican III.

For the Catholic Church, the conclusions of this report are similar to Explosion, was expected with AFP a member of bagThe Independent Commission on Abuse in the Church, on condition of anonymity.

The bagThe Independent Commission on Abuse in the Church Talk about the victims his work matrixAccording to Mr. Sauvé.

First by a call to testify, open for 17 months, it collected 6,500 calls or contacts from victims or relatives, then by conducting 250 long hearings or research interviews.

It also dived into many church archives, ministries of justice or the interior, the press, and others.

Once the diagnosis was made, the commission incorporated dozens of recommendations in several areas: listening to victims, prevention, training for priests and religion, canon law, changing church management…

It also called for a policy of recognition, followed by financial compensation specific to each victim.

Deep indifference and intolerable justice

The Catholic Church has manifested Until the early 2000s, there was a deep, even cruel indifference towards the victims Of the criminalization of children, Mr. Sauvé denounced.

Facts are often prevented over time, and perpetrators die, making recourse to justice unlikely. Ecclesiastical procedures (Church law) are long and not very transparent.

How will the church follow up the report?

The episcopate took action in the spring, promising not to reform, but to an apparatus contributions The financial, paid to the victims from 2022, it is not unanimous among the latter or among the faithful, who are invited to contribute to the donations.

This report will also be examined in Rome by Pope Francis, who met some French bishops in September and faced this problem since the beginning of his pontificate.

Created in the fall of 2018, the bagThe Independent Commission on Abuse in the Church It consists of 22 members, who are volunteers, with interdisciplinary skills. It was funded by the episcopate, congregations, and seminaries to the tune of €3 million (approximately $4.5 million Canadian).

Pope Francis mentions shocking fact

The pontiff said he was “deeply saddened” after reading the CIASE report.

Photo: Associated Press / Tiziana Fabi

Pope Francis on Tuesday expressed his position very sad After publishing this damned report of the Church of France that he said I realized this shocking truth.

His thoughts go first to the victims, with great sadness over their injuries and gratitude for their courage to speak up. They also turn to the Church of France, after realizing this horrific reality […] She can take the path of redemptionVatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told reporters about the Pope’s reaction.

The Holy Father was informed of the release of the CIASE report during his meetings in recent days with French bishops who visited ad Limina. He was in pain until he learned of its contentsMr. Bruni said.

With his prayers, the Pope delivers to our Master the people of God who are in France, especially the victims, to grant them consolation and consolation, and to grant justice to the miracle of healing.

Following the publication of this report, the French episcopate announced on Tuesday disgraceAnd his fear and asked I beg your pardon for the victims.