The bishops of France recognize “the institutional responsibility of the Church” for the sexual violence suffered by thousands of people in recent years, and the “systemic dimension” of these crimes. This was announced by the representative, Monsignor Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, after a meeting held in Lourdes. A report published in recent weeks found that around 216,000 people over the age of 18 were subjected to violence or sexual assault when they were minors by priests and religious. In about 70 years, about 3,000 have been guilty of these crimes. “A responsibility – said Monsignor Moilins-Beaufort – that leads to a duty of justice and reparation”.
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In recent weeks the Bishop had declared that in 17 transalpine dioceses protocols had been stipulated with the respective prosecutors “in order to facilitate and speed up the processing of reports for each reported fact”. Today, the official admission of responsibility.
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