![]() ”And for this reason, we feel pain and shame."īut he said that this would be meaningless if it did not lead to changes in the ways children were protected and offenders sidelined. “Members of this our church have hurt other members of the church or society," said César García Magán, the Spanish Episcopal Conference secretary general, said at the presentation. Spain’s state prosecutor earlier this year complained that the bishops were withholding information. Up until very recently, the Spanish church has been reluctant to carry out investigations or release information on sexual abuse cases. ![]() Leading daily El País, which has been reporting constantly on cases in Spain and abroad, said Friday the real figures of abuses within the church were likely to be much higher, as the church report only referred to cases recorded since 2019 and did not include the number of cases the church was aware of before that date.Ī Madrid-based law firm that is conducting a parallel inquiry ordered for the Spanish Episcopal Conference has told the media that the number of victims is likely to be in the thousands. ![]() The data was collected in some 200 offices for the protection of minors, set up by the church around Spain in 2019. The conference said the collection of testimonies was continuing and the figure would be updated periodically. ![]() The church said that most cases occurred in the last century, 75% of them before 1990. ![]() In a report presented Thursday, more than 50% of offenders were said to be priests. ![]()
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