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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Catholic Church on Thursday said it would compensate 57 victims of sexual abuse for a total amount of 1.61 million euros ($1.8 million) three years after a damning report. An inquiry by the Independent Commission for the Study of Child Sexual Abuse concluded in February 2023 that at least 4,815 minors had been victims of ecclesiastical sexual violence since 1950. The Church had received 95 claims for financial compensation but rejected 28, the Portuguese Episcopal Conference and the Conference of Religious Institutes of Portugal said in a statement Thursday. The amounts granted to the 57 victims, […]... Keep on reading: Portugal's Catholic church to compensate 57 sex abuse victims
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