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Spain connected Tuesday approved a scheme aimed astatine making reparation and economical compensation for victims of activity abuses committed by group connected to the Catholic Church.
It besides announced nan early ceremony of a nationalist enactment of nickname for those affected and their families.
The Minister of nan Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, said nan scheme was based connected recommendations successful a study by Spain's Ombudsman past year. From that study he said it was concluded that immoderate 440,000 adults whitethorn person suffered activity maltreatment successful Spain by group linked to nan religion and that astir half of those cases were committed by clergy.
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Bolaños said nan compensation would beryllium financed by the church.
Financial compensation plans for activity maltreatment victims by those connected to nan Catholic Church person been approved aft 440,000 adults are believed to person suffered church-linked intersexual maltreatment successful Spain. Pictured: A Spanish female praying astatine San Ramon Nonato religion during Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
But successful a connection Tuesday, Spain’s Bishops Conference rejected nan plan, saying it discriminated against victims extracurricular of religion circles.
No specifications of really overmuch aliases erstwhile financial compensation would beryllium paid were released. Neither was a day group for immoderate nationalist enactment of recognition.
Bolaños said nan scheme aimed to "settle a indebtedness pinch those victims who for decades were forgotten by everyone and now our populist intends to repair" that, and make it a cardinal portion of authorities policy.
After years of virtually ignoring nan issue, Spain’s bishops apologized for nan abuses committed by religion members pursuing nan Ombudsman's study but disputed nan number of victims involving nan religion arsenic exaggerated. That study accused nan religion of wide negligence.
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Bolaños said nan authorities hoped to transportation retired nan scheme complete nan adjacent 4 years successful collaboration pinch nan church.
The task will see free ineligible assistance for each victims of intersexual maltreatment and it will reenforce nan prevention supervision successful schools.
Only a fistful of countries person had government-initiated aliases parliamentary inquiries into clergy activity abuse, though immoderate independent groups person carried retired their ain investigations.
