Australia: Data Suggests Rife Rejection of Child Sex Abuse Claims in Catholic Church

Hearings have begun in Australia into allegations of widespread child sex abuse in the Catholic Church between 1950 and 2010.

In cooperation with the Church, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse has released data suggesting seven percent of priests working in the country in that period were accused of child sex crimes, but few were pursued.

Gail Furness, the lead lawyer assisting the Commission in Sydney said over 1,000 Catholic institutions nationwide were named in relation to sexual abuse claims. Furness added that in total 1,880 alleged perpetrators had been identified between 1980 and 2015.

“Children were ignored or worse, punished,” said Furness. 

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Source: euronews.