Holy Catholic Church of Child Molesting (NPR)

WBUR (npr.org, Oct. 6, 2021); France24.com; Editors, Wisdom Quarterly

Pope expresses "shame" over Catholic Church sex crimes in new scandal (france24.com)

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New report details the massive scope of sex abuse within the French Catholic church

A new report finds more than 330,000 children children were sexually abused by priests and other members of the French Catholic church over the past 70 years. The stories are eerily similar to what American reporters at The Boston Globe uncovered during a bombshell investigation in the U.S. almost 20 years ago. Here & Now's Jane Clayson has more with NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Paris. More

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