Portuguese Catholic Church To Compensate Sex Abuse Victims Portuguese Catholic Church announces compensation for sex abuse victims; fund established by Bishops Conference. Top News · Apr 11, 2024
Portugal church sex abuse study finds 512 alleged victims Senior church officials had previously claimed only a handful of cases occurred The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023
Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is 'tip of iceberg', commission says At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church - mostly priests - over the past 70 years, the commission investigating the issue said in a report on Monday, adding the findings are the "tip of the iceberg". Reuters · Feb 13, 2023
Portugal's president feels heat from church sex abuse remark Portugal’s president is scrambling to quell an outcry over his comments appearing to make light of revelations that more than 400 people were victims of child sex abuse by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022
Portugal panel gathers over 400 testimonies of church sex abuse victims A commission investigating child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday it has already gathered more than 400 testimonies of alleged victims but admitted the number of actual cases was "much higher". Reuters · Oct 11, 2022
Historic Portugal church sex abuse 'truly endemic' at times The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church says the problem in the past had been “widespread” and on some occasions reached “truly endemic” proportions The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Hundreds of church sexual abuse victims 'just tip of iceberg', Portuguese panel says A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday the nearly 300 testimonies of alleged victims it has collected so far were "just the tip of the iceberg". Reuters · Apr 12, 2022
Portugal's church abuse panel gathers over 200 testimonies in one month A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Thursday more than 200 alleged victims had already been in touch to share their stories since its launch a month ago. Reuters · Feb 10, 2022