3 ms·
> The report found an _estimated_ 216,000 children were victims of sexual violence by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy from 1950 to 2020. When
by funOtter 5y ago
> The report found an _estimated_ 216,000 children were victims of sexual violence by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy from 1950 to 2020. When lay members of the Church, such as teachers and catechism supervisors, were included, the figure rose to at least 330,000 children sexually abused over 70 years.
How did they do this estimation? The article does not say.
- programLyrique 5y agoThey asked Ifop, a polling institute, to do a survey. The survey used a representative sample of 28 000 French people (in French, https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/les-cinq-chiffres-cles-du-rapport-sauve-sur-les-abus-sexuels-dans-l-eglise-catholique-20211005 https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/les-cinq-chiffres-c... )
- Jedd 5y agoIt sounds like the 2500 page report has been released to the press, but not yet publicly available. Are you contending that the numbers are unreasonably high or low?
- C19is20 5y agoRemember, this is just france, not a worldwide guesstimate. Fucking sadly.