University of Zurich - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:32:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg University of Zurich - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/09/14/sweeping-study-finds-1000-cases-of-sexual-abuse-in-swiss-catholic-church/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:50:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=163651 A sweeping, year-long study of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. With few exceptions, those accused of wrongdoing were all male. Nearly three-fourths of the documents Read more

Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church... Read more]]> A sweeping, year-long study of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal.

With few exceptions, those accused of wrongdoing were all male. Nearly three-fourths of the documents examined showed the sexual abuse involved minors.

The report, commissioned by the Swiss Conference of Bishops and led by two University of Zurich historians, offers a deep look at the sexual abuse and harassment that has confounded the Catholic Church across the globe in recent decades — upending the lives of many victims and their families, and tarnishing the image of the institution.

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