At least 4,400 people have been abused by Catholic priests in Italy since 2020, a victims’ group has alleged, renewing pressure on bishops to confront a crisis that has long plagued the world’s largest Christian faith.
The country’s largest Church abuse victims, Rete l’Abuso, came to the estimate after they heard victims’ accounts and went through judicial sources and cases reported by the media, founder Francesco Zanardi said.
The global Catholic Church has been shaken for decades by scandals involving paedophile priests and the cover-up of their crimes, but local church leaders in Italy have been less forthcoming in confronting the issue.
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