The Portuguese Catholic Church apologizes to the victims of the incident of child sexual abuse

The Catholic Church in this country apologized after the Independent Commission that investigates allegations of sexual abuse in the country stated in its report shared on February 13 that at least 4,815 children were victims of sexual abuse.

The Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP) met in Fatima to consider the report of the Independent Commission.

CEP, in a written statement after the meeting, said: “We again apologize to all victims of sexual abuse within the Portuguese Catholic Church.” expression was used.

The Independent Commission, coordinated by Pedro Strecht, stated in its report on the allegations of sexual abuse of children under 17 years of age in the Portuguese Catholic Church since 1950 that 512 witnesses were interviewed in the scope of their work and that at least 4,815 children were sexually abused by religious officials working in institutions within the Catholic Church. He reported that he had been abused.

While allegations of sexual harassment in the Catholic Church have been put on the agenda in many countries in recent years, the Independent Commission in France announced that 216,000 children have been victims of sexual abuse in churches in the last 70 years, and it was claimed that there were at least 4,000 victims in the ongoing investigation in Spain. (AA)