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French Catholic Church says it will compensate sex abuse victims

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by Noah Garfinkel

November 8, 2021

France’s Catholic Church announced on Monday it would financially compensate those who were sexually abused by French clergy and other church officials.

Driving the news: The decision comes a month after an independent commission, established at the request of the Catholic Church, released a report that found more than 200,000 minors have been sexually abused by Catholic clergy members in France since 1950.

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