The president of the Independent Commission which has been investigating child crime in the Church of France since the 1950s ruled on Tuesday March 2 that the number of victims could reach "
at least 10,000
".
A still provisional estimate, while its work must be returned at the end of September.
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This commission had first identified, in June, "
3000 victims
", a figure which "
certainly does not reflect the totality
", declared Jean-Marc Sauvé. "
It is possible that this figure reaches at least 10,000,
" he said, after presenting a progress report on his work.