French bishops agree to compensate victims
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France’s Catholic Church agreed to financially compensate sex abuse victims in what the president of the country’s Bishop Conference hailed as a “decisive step.”
France’s Catholic Church agreed on Monday to financially compensate sex abuse victims in what the president of the country’s Bishop Conference hailed as a “decisive step.”
Conference President Eric de Moulins-Beaufort said that the Church has recognised its “institutional responsibility” and decided to go “on a path of recognition and reparation that paves the way for victims to get the possibility of a mediation and a compensation.”
The Bishops Conference held its annual meeting a month after a report
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