An independent enquiry and a devastating report have revealed that at least 330,000 children were victims of sexual abuse by clergy and lay members of the Catholic church in France over the past 70 years.
I don’t know how many paedophiles saw the church as an opportunity to get unsupervised access to children. I don’t know how many Catholic priests, forced to be celibate, were tempted to find another way to express their sexual feelings. I only know that the trust placed in parish priests - traditionally the most trusted figures in any community - has leaked away like water through sand. Would any parent now leave a child alone with a Catholic priest?
A favourite shot, licenced today: a horse & trap on the beach at Redcar…
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