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Support grows among Spanish lawmakers for government inquiry into clerical abuse
February 02, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: Spain’s bishops have “so far refused to set up an independent commission, despite acknowledging more than 200 existing abuse claims over the past 20 years,” according to the report.
A recent investigation by El País, the Madrid daily, found “potential abuse by 251 priests and some lay people from religious institutions against at least 1,237 victims between 1943 and 2018.”
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