Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

CTV News – October 27, 2023 (photo credit Jesus Hellin/Europa Press via AP)


MADRID -Spain's first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands.The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain's ombudsman, or "defensor del pueblo," following an 18-month independent investigation of 487 cases involving alleged victims who spoke with the ombudsman's team. Ombudsman Angel Gabilondo criticized the church's response to sex abuse scandals, saying it had often been to minimize if not deny the problem. He presented the nearly 800-page report to the speaker of the Spanish parliament's lower house Friday and then to reporters.


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