Hundreds of church sexual abuse victims “just tip of iceberg”, Portuguese panel says

Lisbon, Portugal AP A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday the nearly 300 testimonies of alleged victims it has collected so far were “just the tip of the iceberg”. “There have been multiple cases of sexual abuse of children and teenagers in the past,” said the head of […]
Portugal’s church abuse panel gathers over 200 testimonies in one month

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Thursday more than 200 alleged victims had already been in touch to share their stories since its launch a month ago. The abuse allegations have come from people born between 1933 and 2006, from various backgrounds, from every region […]