Thousands Of Paedophiles In French Catholic Church Since 1950: Official

[harrybarracuda]

Paris: Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.

The commission's research had uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 paedophile priests or other members of the church, said Jean-Marc Sauve, adding that it was "a minimum estimate".

The commission's report is due to be released on Tuesday after two and a half years of research
based on church, court and police archives, as well as interviews with witnesses.

The report, which Sauve said runs to 2,500 pages, will attempt to quantify both the number of offenders and the number of victims.

It will also look into "the mechanisms, notably institutional and cultural ones" within the Church which allowed paedophiles to remain, and will offer 45 proposals.

Thousands Of Paedophiles in French Catholic Church Since 1950: Official

[Davis Knowlton]

Sacre Bleu! I'm shocked, I tell you, positively shocked!

[harrybarracuda]

Sacre Bleu! I'm shocked, I tell you, positively shocked!

I'm shocked they got access to the records.

[tomcat]

Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950

...a rather conservative estimate...

[cyrille]

So glad I could see through all of that bullshit from about the age of 8.

Removing the crucifix above my bed and replacing it with a ‘Stranglers’ poster when I was 13 didn’t impress my mum much though.

[Lantern]

I'm sure it didn't just start in 1950.

[harrybarracuda]

Let the lawsuits begin.....

Bankrupt the paedo bastards and shut them down.

PARIS: An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216,000 victims of paedophilia from 1950 to 2020, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up for decades by a "veil of silence."
The landmark report, released Tuesday after two and a half years of investigations, follows widespread outrage over a string of paedophilia claims and prosecutions against Church officials worldwide.
When lay members of the Church such as teachers at Catholic schools are included, the number of child abuse victims climbs to 330,000 over the seven-decade period.
"Until the early 2000s the Catholic Church showed a profound and even cruel indifference towards the victims," the president of the investigative committee, Jean-Marc Sauve, said at a press conference.
He denounced the "systemic character" of efforts to shield clergy from paedophilia claims.
The report, at nearly 2,500 pages, found that the "vast majority" of victims were pre-adolescent boys from a wide variety of social backgrounds.
"The Catholic Church is, after the circle of family and friends, the environment that has the highest prevalence of sexual violence," the report said.

French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950

[headhunter]

yes those bastards preach every day, SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO CUM ON TO ME. hang the fykin lot.