Over past 20 years, abuse of children falls drastically in Church
- A new report shows that U.S. Catholic dioceses have paid over $5 billion to settle abuse claims in the last 20 years, with most cases occurring before 2002 when anti-abuse protocols were established.
- The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reported that 16,276 allegations of abuse were deemed credible from 2004 to 2023, with 92% of these occurring in 1989 or earlier.
- The report indicates that 95% of alleged abusers were priests, with 80% of the victims being male and over half aged 10-14 at the start of the abuse.
- Dioceses have spent nearly $728 million on prevention efforts over the past two decades, highlighting a significant shift in addressing and preventing abuse within the Church.
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