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Church in Switzerland

Swiss church ‘exits’ almost double, setting new record

The rise is attributed to an abuse crisis that engulfed the local Church in 2023.

Luke Coppen
Nov 14, 2024
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The number of people formally leaving the Catholic Church in Switzerland almost doubled in 2023, setting a new record, according to new statistics issued Thursday.

Solothurn Cathedral, the cathedral of the Diocese of Basel, Switzerland. Ch-info.ch via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The Swiss Institute for Pastoral Sociology (SPI) in St. Gallen said Nov. 14 tha…

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