Pedocriminality in the Church: the bishops decide the payment of a "financial contribution" for the victims

2021-03-26T12:16:40.412Z

This announcement was made by the Conference of Bishops of France this Friday at midday. The Catholic bishops have agreed to pay victims of child crime a financial contribution "the amount of which will be a lump sum", they announced at a press conference. This contribution will be financed by an “ad hoc endowment fund” and determined by “an independent assistance body” which will be responsible for “examining the requests and deciding the allocations within the limits of the capacit