A major investigation in France is estimating 330,000 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy or lay members of the church since 1950. The head of the inquiry said the church had “showed a profound and even cruel indifference towards the victims.” Jean-Marc Sauvé, who headed the independent commission, spoke earlier today.
Jean-Marc Sauvé: “A major point that must be underlined is that until the early 2000s, there was deep, total and even cruel indifference for years toward the victims. The victims were not believed, were not listened to. When they were listened to, they were considered to have perhaps contributed to what had happened to them.”