Ciase

In Camera episode 4 - Can the Church repair its crimes?

France

Can the French Church "repair" its crimes?

17 January 2022 by Bronwen Cowley

IN CAMERA | Episode 4 > Will the Church in France "pay" for its crimes? And what can it do to "repair" them? These are burning questions at the start of 2022, after an explosive report on October 5 on sexual abuse in the Church [...]

Antoine Garapon

Antoine Garapon: "The Church says it's ready to repair, so we must believe it!"

14 December 2021 by Clémentine Méténier

JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Antoine Garapon President of the Independent Commission on Recognition and Reparation for sexual crimes committed in French religious congregations The work of the Independent Commission on Sexual [...]

Jean-Marc Sauvé submits his report to Eric de Moulins-Beaufort

France

Sexual abuse in the French Church: hundreds of thousands of victims

5 October 2021 by AFP

The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church in France (Ciase) submitted its report on 5 October. Its revelations are devastating for the Catholic Church. Between 1950 and 2020, at least 216,000 children were sexually [...]