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Decades of abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church. In many countries around the world priests have molested thousands of children, raped, tortured. A look at the biggest scandals.

Since when are the crimes?

In 1985, the conviction of a priest in the US state of Louisiana due to misuse of 39 children first caused headlines. Since then, media reports about sexual abuse of children by priests and religious of the Catholic Church – especially in the United States. Individual cases were also previously known, in all Parts of the world. Most often remained without consequences. In the 90s, the book publications of the Victims caused further attention.

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Cardinal Reinhard Marx has expressed to the Victims of sexual abuse under the umbrella of the Catholic Church and his Regret. The processing of what Happened, am only at the beginning, he said. (25.09.2018)

The Chairman of the German bishops ‘ conference speaks in view of the Dimension of the abuse scandal as a “turning point” for the Church. Anything else would be irresponsible, says Christoph Strack. (25.09.2018)

The issue of abuse rocked the Catholic Church. “A lot of people don’t believe us,” said cardinal Marx. In Fulda, the German bishops advise the abuse-of-study. Also about the consequences? The Celibacy? (24.09.2018)

There is only Action and force of arms, bring the thrill of going to the cinema is not always. Also, this journalist-Drama about a real scandal and its detection by a persistent Reporter can do it. (29.02.2016)

In 2002, the Boston Globe revealed how bishops and cardinals kid had covered up abuse in Boston for decades. This disclosure triggered an avalanche of new accusations against the clergy.

In Germany, the latest spoken since 2010, public debt of individual Spiritual as well as the leadership of the Church. At the time, numerous cases of sexual abuse in the Catholic Canisius Kolleg in Berlin, were known.

What is the extent of the crime?

Only since the 90s, cases of child are informed of abuse in the Catholic Church, with committees and research projects – sometimes more, sometimes less systematically, more or less transparent.

Especially in the US and Europe, public pressure has led to corresponding publications. So at least 300 cases of sexual abuse were known in Belgium in 2010, in Switzerland, the bishops ‘ conference were reported between 2010 and 2017, 250 cases, and in France, the Church audio line of a total of 70 paedophile offenders. From most of the countries of the earth, the extent of abuse in Church institutions, however, is not known.

The abuse story?

You have to assume that child abuse would not occur in the Catholic Church, as well as in other institutions. The power of the clergy and a suppression of their sexuality through celibacy, according to critics, however, responsible for the fact that it comes in the ranks of the Catholic Church particularly often to the abuse of minors. According to comparative studies, four out of five Victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church are male. In other institutions, in contrast, more than half of the victims are female.

So far, research about it, especially in industrialized countries. The majority of Catholics in the world lives in the countries of Africa, Asia and especially Latin America. There could be spiritual with pedophile inclinations easily have been your position of power need compared to children from poorer families to miss. In this respect, the dark figure of the worldwide abuse is likely to be very high.

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