Posts Tagged ‘CIASE’

France is still deeply rooted in Christianity, sociologist says

Monday, May 27th, 2024
France

Specialising in the relationship between democracy and religion, Philippe Portier, a French academic professor and political scientist, is not surprised that secularised France is so interested in rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral in the nation’s capital. “The interest aroused in France by the restoration of Notre Dame is very telling,” he explained to OSV News. Identity Read more

Laypeople also among perpetrators in Church sex abuse scandal

Thursday, October 21st, 2021
ciase report

It’s a figure that has gone largely unnoticed. In the flood of information and disturbing statistics published earlier this month by France’s Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE), too little attention has been paid to an important detail in the commission’s report – an estimated 115,000 minors and vulnerable adults were sexually Read more