Independent report estimates nearly 5000 abuse victims in Portugal

A Portuguese report published Monday estimated there have been close to 5,000 victims of clerical abuse of minors since 1950.

A report published Monday by the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse of Children in the Catholic Church in Portugal estimated there have been close to 5,000 victims of nearly 500 abusers in the local Church since 1950.

The commission began it's work in January 2022, and surveyed the whole of the country’s Catholic institutions, dioceses …