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The Catholic Church already knew by 2021 of claims of sexual abuse against a beloved humanitarian French priest, the late Abbe Pierre, members of an independent commission said Saturday.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/60hrQ

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[โ€“] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It estimated that over the past 70 years, around 330,000 people had been abused within the Church when they were minors.

[โ€“] Fah_Q@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago

I doubt it's actually this low of a number.