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The telephone line, which was set up specifically for this purpose, operated for 17 months and was closed on 31 October. Both victims and witnesses have called.
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Commission President Jean-Marc Soto revealed in a video conference of religious organizations that 62% of callers were men and almost 90% of reports related to crimes against minors.
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About a third of callers said they were six to ten years old when they became victims, and just as many said they were 11 to 15 years old.
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Half of the reported cases occurred in the 1950s and 1960s, 18% occurred in the 1970s, 12% occurred in the 1980s, 7% occurred in the 1990s and 5.7% occurred in the 1990s. .year.
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About a third of the reported cases occurred in schools and 12% in youth programs and summer camps.
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Sowe said there was a need for “individual and collective recognition of victims” and pointed out that the situation could not be resolved by paying compensation, especially if the victim had to sign a silence document.
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Last November, French bishops approved a program to pay compensation to priest victims.
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In May last year, Pope Francis ruled that anyone in the Catholic Church who knew about sexual crimes was required to report it to his superiors.
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The Catholic Church has been shaken by several loud sexual crime scandals. In most cases, the victims of the clergy were minors.
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Pope Francis’ former envoy to France, 75-year-old Luigi Ventura, was tried in Paris on Tuesday for sexual assault. He is accused of harassing five men during public ceremonies.
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In March, a French court sentenced Bernard Prein, a former priest of the Catholic Church, to five years in prison for the sexual exploitation of underage boys several decades ago.
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However, in January, the Court of Appeal overturned the conviction of former Archbishop of Lyon, Philip Barbaren, who had been charged with covering up the crimes of Prein.
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