The bishops of France have pledged to increase the fund for the compensation of victims of pedophilia in the Church
"by selling real estate
of the Bishops' Conference of France and the dioceses": this was announced in Lourdes, at the end of the Assembly of the Conference, the president of the French bishops, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort.
The prelate specified that, moreover, if necessary, "a loan can be taken out to anticipate needs".
The bishops, gathered in Lourdes, among other things decided to
create a national body responsible for "case by case" compensation for victims of sexual violence.
The instance will be chaired by a jurist, said Msgr.
de Moulins-Beaufort, Marie Derain de Vaucresson, former defender of children, who will create her own team on the model of that of the Sauvé Independent Commission on Pedophilia in the French Church.
This commission published sensational results last month, revealing the extent of pedophile violence in the Church over the past 70 years: 330,000 underage victims of priests, employees at various levels and lay staff of the Church.