An independent audit of more than 80 years of records involving nine Catholic dioceses in Quebec revealed at least 87 abusing Church personnel.
Retired Superior Court Judge André Denis reviewed 6,809 archived records between 1940 and 2021 and found 87 people with confirmed or well-founded allegations of sexual abuse of minors or infirmities. in adulthood.
The 87 Church personnel include people who have worked for a diocese or parish, but not for institutions such as colleges or boarding schools operated by the Church.
They made up 1.28% of those working in the Church at the time of the study, and Judge Denis said none of them currently work for the Church.
The audit involved the dioceses of the two ecclesiastical Provinces-Montreal and Gatineau-and the bishops overseeing these two regions expressed their appreciation for the rigor and expertise of the judge and his team.
However, they said they knew that not all incidents of sexual abuse were reported and possibly no hidden records for some cases of abuse.
The Canadian Press
Source: Radio-Canada
