Posted on May 23, 2023
Illinois report details scale of Catholic clergy sex abuse
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Hundreds of Catholic priests and church officials in the US state of Illinois have been named in a new report detailing sexual abuse by clergy.
The state's top prosecutor said 451 clergy in Illinois had sexually abused 1,997 children since 1950.
The church had acknowledged only 103 individual abusers before the start of the investigation in 2018.
Nearly every survivor interviewed struggled with mental health issues after being abused, the report said.
Several US states launched investigations into Catholic sexual abuse after a Pennsylvania grand jury report in 2018 found that 300 priests had abused more than 1,000 children over a period of 70 years.
The nearly 700-page report released by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday includes dozens of harrowing stories of rape and sexual abuse, and details how allegations were ignored and abusers were shifted from church to church.
The archbishop of Chicago said he had not studied the new report in detail but took issue with how the statistics were presented, saying "it isn't fair or wise to focus only on the Catholic Church."
In a statement, Cardinal Blase J Cupich apologised to the survivors and pledged that the church would root out abusers and continue to investigate allegations.
The state's top prosecutor said 451 clergy in Illinois had sexually abused 1,997 children since 1950.
The church had acknowledged only 103 individual abusers before the start of the investigation in 2018.
Nearly every survivor interviewed struggled with mental health issues after being abused, the report said.
Several US states launched investigations into Catholic sexual abuse after a Pennsylvania grand jury report in 2018 found that 300 priests had abused more than 1,000 children over a period of 70 years.
The nearly 700-page report released by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday includes dozens of harrowing stories of rape and sexual abuse, and details how allegations were ignored and abusers were shifted from church to church.
The archbishop of Chicago said he had not studied the new report in detail but took issue with how the statistics were presented, saying "it isn't fair or wise to focus only on the Catholic Church."
In a statement, Cardinal Blase J Cupich apologised to the survivors and pledged that the church would root out abusers and continue to investigate allegations.
Illinois report details scale of Catholic clergy sex abuse
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1.) Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandal
22 May 2018
Updated 5 October 2021
“From Australian country towns to schools in Ireland and cities across the US, the Catholic Church has faced an avalanche of child sexual abuse accusations in the last few decades.”
SOURCE : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44209971.amp
2.) Almost 1,700 priests and clergy accused of sex abuse are unsupervised
An Associated Press investigation found that those credibly accused are now teachers, coaches, counselors and also live near playgrounds.
SOURCE : https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1062396
3.) About 333,000 children were abused within France's Catholic Church, a report finds
October 5, 20218:23 AM ET
“PARIS — An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country's first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon.
The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that Catholic authorities covered up over decades in a "systemic manner," according to the president of the commission that issued the report, Jean-Marc Sauvé.
SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/ [login to see] /france-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-report-children
22 May 2018
Updated 5 October 2021
“From Australian country towns to schools in Ireland and cities across the US, the Catholic Church has faced an avalanche of child sexual abuse accusations in the last few decades.”
SOURCE : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44209971.amp
2.) Almost 1,700 priests and clergy accused of sex abuse are unsupervised
An Associated Press investigation found that those credibly accused are now teachers, coaches, counselors and also live near playgrounds.
SOURCE : https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1062396
3.) About 333,000 children were abused within France's Catholic Church, a report finds
October 5, 20218:23 AM ET
“PARIS — An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country's first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon.
The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that Catholic authorities covered up over decades in a "systemic manner," according to the president of the commission that issued the report, Jean-Marc Sauvé.
SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/ [login to see] /france-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-report-children
Sex abuse and the Catholic Church - BBC News
Everything you need to know about this complex and longstanding global scandal.
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