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Almost 5 thousand minors have been abused by priests in Portugal since 1950

Almost 5 thousand minors have been abused by priests in Portugal since 1950

A new revelation exposed thousands of child abuse cases from the Catholic Church. This time, in Portugal, a commission of inquiry revealed a report stating that Priests and other members of the Catholic clergy in the capital of this country have sexually abused at least 4,815 minors since 1950. The investigation was commissioned in 2021 by the Portuguese church. Last October, a team of six experts, headed by child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht, announced that he had recorded 424 legitimate testimonies from alleged victims but found that the total number was "much higher." "These testimonies allow us to establish a much…
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