Child Abuse in France

 

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Why have we heard so little?

Last week a report was released estimating that 216,000 children have been victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in France since 1950. This is revolting, of course, but we are sadly getting used to such reports.

It is worth noting, however, that we have no control. It is only the Catholic Church, it seems, that is ever investigated for this. We do not know if this is more or less than the level of abuse in the home, in the schools, in other denominations, and so forth.

If we really cared about children, we would be looking at all of these. The most shocking thing is that we are not. Until we do, we are all complicit.