Italy Church's limited sexual abuse investigation disappoints victims

Newly elected President of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI), Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, attends a news conference at the end of a week of CEI meetings, as the Italian Catholic Church comes under pressure to investigate clerical sexual abuse, in Rome, Italy May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Italy's Catholic bishops said on Friday they would commission a report on clerical sexual abuse in the past two years and a separate analysis going back to 2000, disappointing victims who wanted a thorough investigation going back many decades.

Earlier on Friday, victim groups held a small protest near the Vatican embassy to Italy, at which activists carried boards with pictures of men and women with blood-stained underwear.