This is just in France; it seems sexual abuse is very rampant within the Catholic Church. This is an atrocity!
Church sex abuse: Thousands of paedophiles in French Church, inquiry saysThousands of paedophiles have operated within the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by church members says.
Jean-Marc Sauvé told French media that the commission had found evidence of 2,900 to 3,200 abusers - out of a total of 115,000 priests and other clerics.
"That is a minimal estimate," he added.
The commission is to release a lengthy report on Tuesday. It is based on church, court and police archives, as well as interviews with victims.
The independent inquiry was commissioned by the French Catholic Church in 2018, following a number of scandals in other countries.
Mr Sauvé, a senior civil servant, told France's Le Monde newspaper that the panel had handed over evidence to prosecutors in 22 cases where criminal action could still be launched.
He added that bishops and other senior church officials had been told of other allegations against people who were still alive.
Commission members included doctors, historians, sociologists and theologians. More than 6,500 victims and witnesses were contacted over two and a half years. The final report is 2,500 pages long............
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58781265
