Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

330,000 Children Abused in French Catholic Church Over 70 Years, Landmark Report Estimates
Catholic World Report ^ | 10/5/21 | Staff

Posted on 10/05/2021 5:47:59 PM PDT by marshmallow

Paris, France, Oct 5, 2021 / 05:45 am (CNA). Hundreds of thousands of children were abused in the Catholic Church in France over the past 70 years, an independent commission concluded on Tuesday.

The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) published its final report on Oct. 5 at a live-streamed presentation in Paris.

The almost 2,500-page report said that an estimated 216,000 children were abused by priests, deacons, monks, or nuns from 1950 to 2020.

It added that when abuse by other Church workers was also taken into account, “the estimated number of child victims rises to 330,000 for the whole of the period.”

Presenting the report, Jean-Marc Sauvé, president of CIASE, said: “While, in absolute and relative terms, these acts of violence were in decline up until the early 1990s, they have since stopped decreasing.”

“The Catholic Church is the place where the prevalence of sexual violence is at its highest, other than in family and friend circles.”

“Faced with this scourge, for a very long time the Catholic Church’s immediate reaction was to protect itself as an institution and it has shown complete, even cruel, indifference to those having suffered abuse.”

Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See press office, said on Oct. 5 that Pope Francis was informed about the final report by the French bishops during their recent ad limina visits to Rome.

“His thoughts go first of all to the victims, with great sorrow, for their wounds, and gratitude, for their courage in speaking out, and to the Church of France, so that, in the awareness of this terrible reality, united to the suffering of the Lord for his most vulnerable children, she may undertake a path of redemption,” Bruni said.

“With his prayer, the pope entrusts to the Lord the People......

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicworldreport.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; History; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: catholicbashing; truthhurts
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-31 next last

1 posted on 10/05/2021 5:47:59 PM PDT by marshmallow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

In before anyone who tries to minimize this, explain it away, or justify this child abuse.


2 posted on 10/05/2021 5:50:30 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aMorePerfectUnion

It looks like that “Dont ask, Dont tell” policy worked really well in an environment where priests are all male and forbidden to marry.

Sarcasm off.


3 posted on 10/05/2021 6:02:27 PM PDT by Uncle Lonny
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Totally skeptical. Sorry (not sorry)


4 posted on 10/05/2021 6:04:32 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Isaiah 5:20)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Thats a lot of millstones.


5 posted on 10/05/2021 6:05:53 PM PDT by xp38
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aMorePerfectUnion

They just keep moving them around from place to place.

Same thing is going in Pretestant churches.

We’ve been invaded. Period.

My son is a VERY young pastor. Had a pervy pastor come on to him in FB. Dude just left his church. Moved away with his wife who enabled him for years.


6 posted on 10/05/2021 6:13:58 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: LibertyWoman

I’m not the least bit skeptical. The Catholic Church has a horrific cancer. And denial only perpetuates it


7 posted on 10/05/2021 6:21:45 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

“ Same thing is going in Pretestant churches.

Never seen it in +45 years.

If someone is a pervert, they are canned, reported to the police, and if any future church calls for a reference, they are told the circumstances of the termination.

Nor have any of the churches I’ve attended ever knowingly hired a homo, or kept them if it was later revealed.


8 posted on 10/05/2021 6:24:30 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

That’s more than a distinct dozen each and every day... How was there time for Mass...

Dubious report.


9 posted on 10/05/2021 6:30:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aMorePerfectUnion

You are wrong. My son was approached by a pastor.


10 posted on 10/05/2021 6:40:59 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I stated I’ve never seen it in +45 years. True.

I stated they are kicked out.

Apparently that happened to the man that approached your son?

Everything else I wrote is true, as I’ve witnessed in churches I’ve been involved with in 4 states.

I will add that the same procedure is followed at the seminary I attended


11 posted on 10/05/2021 6:45:57 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

There are facts ti back up what you say. the abuse in non-
Catholic churches is far greater than in the Catholic Church. It may be on my old computer; if I find it I will post it.


12 posted on 10/05/2021 6:49:54 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Salvation

It does’t matter about about Catholic/Protestant. It has to do with kids being preyed upon because our denominations have been infiltrated.


13 posted on 10/05/2021 6:58:06 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Salvation

There are facts ti back up what you say. the abuse in non-
Catholic churches is far greater than in the Catholic Church. It may be on my old computer; if I find it I will post it.


To quote Sgt Joe Friday,
“ the facts ma’am, just the facts”

While your digging, let me begin with the facts:

Catholic dioceses and orders that filed for bankruptcy and other major settlements
May 31, 2018

Over the last 14 years, 19 Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the United States have filed for bankruptcy protection because of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, according to the watchdog group

Following is the list of dioceses and orders, the dates they filed for bankruptcy and the amount they eventually agreed to pay and the number of abuse survivors

Archdiocese of Portland Oregon — filed 7/6/04 — $75 million settlement. At the time the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy, almost 170 people had filed suits alleging abuse.
Diocese of Tucson, Arizona — 9/20/04 — $22.2 million. At least 26 victims
Diocese of Spokane, Washington — 12/6/04 — $48 million. About 175 victims
Diocese of Davenport, Iowa — 10/10/06 — $37 million. 156 victims
Diocese of San Diego, California — 2/27/07 — $198 million. 144 victims
Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska — 3/1/08 — $9.8 million. Around 300 victims
Oregon Province of the Jesuits — 2/17/09 — $166 million. Nearly 500 victims
Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware — 10/18/09 — $77 million. 142 victims
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 1/4/11 — $21 million. 330 victims were expected to be compensated
Congregation of the Christian Brothers — 4/28/11 — $16.5 million. More than 400 victims
Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico — 11/12/13 — $22 million. About 57 victims
Diocese of Stockton, California — 1/15/14 — $15 million.
Diocese of Helena, Montana — 1/31/14 — $20 million. 362 claims
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota — 1/16/15 — $210 million. Around 400 victims
Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota — 12/7/15 — Ongoing
Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota — 3/3/17 — Ongoing
Diocese of Great Falls-Billings Montana — 3/31/17 — $20 million. 86 victims (pending the approval of the judge)
Crosier Fathers and Brothers Minnesota & Arizona — 6/1/17 — $25 million. Over 400 victims
Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota — intention announced 2/28/18 — Ongoing
Other settlements and awards

Since the mid-1980s Catholic dioceses and religious orders have paid out nearly $3 billion in out of court settlements and court orders awards, according to the watchdog group Bishopaccountability.org. Following is a list of the major awards and settlements since 2000, the amount paid out and the number of victims.

2000-03-15 — Santa Rosa, California — $1.6 million — 4

2000-12-04 — Los Angeles, California — $5.2 million — 1

2001-03-08 — Bridgeport, Connecticut — $15 million — 26

2001-12 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — $5 million — 1

2002-01-30 — Tucson, Arizona — $14 million — 11

2002-04-01 — Orange and LA, California — $1.2million — 1

2002-06 — Los Angeles, California — $1.5 million — 1

2002-06-14 — Omaha, Nebraska — $800.000 — 1

2002-08-23 — Orange, California — $400.000 — 1

2002-09-04 — Los Gatos, California – Jesuits — $7.5 million — 2

2002-09-09 — Providence, Rhode Island — $13.5 million — 36

2002-09-18 — Boston, Massachusetts — $10 million — 86

2002-10-10 — Manchester, New Hampshire — $950.000 — 16

2002-11-26 — Manchester, New Hampshire — $5.1 million — 62

2003-01-09 — Boston, Massachusetts (Jesuits) — $5.8 million — 15

2003-01-29 — Metuchen, New Jersey — $800,000 — 10

2003-03-13 — Camden, New Jersey — $880,000 — 23

2003-05-08 — Manchester, New Hampshire — $815.000 — 4

2003-05-22 — Manchester, New Hampshire — $6.5 million — 61

2003-05-22 — Manchester, New Hampshire — $2.1 million — 33

2003-06-10 — Louisville, Kentucky — $25.7 million — 243

2003-06-30 — San Bernardino, California — $4.2 million — 2

2003-07-01 — Chicago, Illinois — $1.9 million — 1

2003-07-10 — Chicago, Illinois — $4 million — 4

2003-08-14 — Tucson, Arizona — $1.8 million — 5

2003-09-09 — Boston, Massachusetts — $84.2 million — 552

2003-09-11 — Seattle, Washington — $7.9 million — 15

2003-10-02 — Chicago, Illinois — $8 million — 15

2003-10-11 — Covington, Kentucky — $5.2 million — 27

2003-10-16 — Bridgeport, Connecticut — $21million — 40

2003-11-24 — Oakland, California — $1 million — 1

2003-12-04 — Covington, Kentucky — $1million — 5


14 posted on 10/05/2021 7:03:55 PM PDT by patriot torch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

ABUSE TRACKER

A digest of links to media coverage of clergy abuse.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/


15 posted on 10/05/2021 7:08:40 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ebb tide

RCC interest ping


16 posted on 10/05/2021 7:14:59 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The American Revolution was a violent revolt against a dictatorship. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MercyFlush

I don’t know what RCC is.


17 posted on 10/05/2021 7:22:26 PM PDT by ebb tide (Where are the good fruits of the Second Vatican Council? Anyone?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: ebb tide

RCC = Roman Catholic Church


18 posted on 10/05/2021 7:33:07 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The American Revolution was a violent revolt against a dictatorship. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: aMorePerfectUnion

I believe there is any doubt that many sexual abuses occurred, but I don’t believe over 300,000 cases of sexual abuse. I think they are deliberately clouding the numbers by defining abuse to include minor transgressions such as withholding desert at lunch to pad the numbers.


19 posted on 10/05/2021 7:33:41 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: alternatives?
-->I believe there is any doubt that many sexual abuses occurred, but I don’t believe over 300,000 cases of sexual abuse. We will never know. I believe the actual number is 4-6 times as many as the 300,000 reported. It is the same worldwide. In any case, if it was 30,000, it is despicable.
20 posted on 10/05/2021 7:36:19 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-31 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson