This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.
The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/SirGeorgeAgdgdgwngo on 2023-10-27 22:08:51.
Spanish Church sexual abuse affected 200,000 children, commission finds
Submitted 2 years ago by bot@lemmit.online [bot] to worldnews@lemmit.online
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67238572
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
More than 200,000 children are estimated to have suffered sexual abuse from Spain’s Catholic clergy, an independent commission has found.
The details emerged from an unprecedented public investigation by Spain’s ombudsman, who spoke of the “devastating impact” on victims.
The 700-page report, which was ordered by Spain’s Congress last year, reveals the result of a survey that the commission carried out on 800,000 members of the public.
It found that 0.6% of the country’s adult population, roughly 39 million people, said that they had suffered sexual abuse as children by members of the clergy.
“It is necessary to provide a response to a situation of suffering and loneliness that for years has remained, in one way or another, covered by an unfair silence.”
While Mr Gabilondo said on Friday that the Church did cooperate with the commission to a certain extent, he highlighted its lack of interest in assisting with the report and the hostility of bishops in some dioceses.
The original article contains 378 words, the summary contains 160 words. Saved 58%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!