As reported by CNN, France's Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) yesterday filed its final report:
Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent.
The number of abused minors rises to an estimated 330,000 when including victims of people who were not clergy but had other links to the Church, such as Catholic schools and youth programs. Between 2,900 and 3,200 abusers were estimated to have worked in the French Catholic Church between 1950 and 2020, out of a total of 115,000 priests and other clerics, the report found.
An English language 32-page summary (full text) of the Final Report is available online. It includes 45 recommendations to prevent future abuse, Links to the full text in French of the Final Report, Testimony and other documents are available here.
