Catholic bishops issue an apology as allegations of sexual abuse by clergy surface, with a report claiming over 200,000 minor victims since 1940.
Spain’s bishops apologised on Monday after a report estimated more than 200 000 minors had been sexually abused by the country’s Roman Catholic clergy since 1940.
The paper published Friday did not give a specific number of abuse victims but said a poll of more than 8 000 people found that 0.6 percent of Spain’s adult population said they had suffered sexual abuse by members of the clergy when they were children.
“They do not correspond to the truth nor do they represent the group of priests and believers who work loyally and with dedication of their lives in the service of the kingdom.”Friday’s report — the first major investigation into the abuse of minors by members of the Catholic Church in Spain — was published after 14 months of work.
It has separately tasked a private law firm with an “audit” into past and present sexual abuse by clergy, teachers and others associated with the Church, which should be completed by the year’s end.
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