The Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI)'s first national report on clergy abuse, titled "Protecting, Preventing, Educating," presented at a Rome press conference on 17 November 2022 by Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi of Cagliari, CEI Secretary-General. Drawing on data from 90 listening centres across Italy's 226 dioceses for the two-year period 2020 to 2021, it identified 89 presumed victims and 68 accused, broken down as 30 clerics, 23 laypeople and 15 religious. Baturi separately disclosed that 613 files concerning accusations in Italy have been held at the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2000, a distinct figure outside the report's own two-year tally.
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Accused DocumentedThe report's own breakdown: 30 clerics, 23 laypeople and 15 religious. Allegations DocumentedA distinct figure Archbishop Baturi disclosed at the same press conference, outside the report's own two-year tally: files concerning accusations in Italy held at the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2000. Victim EstimatePresumed victims reported to the 90 listening centres over the report's own 2020 to 2021 window; both accounts stress this is not a comprehensive historical accounting but the report's own two-year tally. Key FindingThe report drew on 90 listening centres established across Italy's 226 dioceses since 2019, marking the Italian church's first attempt at a national accounting of abuse complaints; both accounts note its scope is limited to complaints received in the two years preceding presentation, not a comprehensive historical review. 1 Inquiry Profile
Kind of RecordChurch-Commissioned Report 1 JurisdictionItaly, national (226 Catholic dioceses) 1 Commissioned ByItalian Bishops' Conference (CEI), presented by Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi of Cagliari, CEI Secretary-General 1 Publication Year Period Covered, From Connections
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Source Italian Bishops Release Report Evaluating Diocesan Efforts to Prevent Abuse (Catholic News Agency)Courtney Mares
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Source Italian Bishops Release Report Evaluating Diocesan Efforts to Prevent Abuse (Catholic News Agency)Courtney Mares
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1. Italian Bishops Release Report Evaluating Diocesan Efforts to Prevent Abuse (Catholic News Agency)
2. Time to Air the Dirty Laundry: Italy's Bishops Reveal 600 Sex Abuse Cases Sent to Vatican (Euronews)
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