Sexual Violence: Bishops commit to compensation for victims

An independent national body of recognition and repair will be presided over by the Marie Derain de Vaucresson lawyer. The sale of real estate or movable property and the “security reserves” of the dioceses will be used to pay the compensation.

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At Lourdes in plenary assembly, the bishops adopted, Monday, November 8, a series of measures to combat sexual violence in the Catholic Church, following the publication of the report of the Independent Commission on the Sexual abuse (Ciase), October 5th. According to Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, the President of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF), these decisions “mark a decisive step” on the part of the episcopate and constitute “a vast program of renewal of [s] governance practices at the scale of dioceses and at the scale of the Church in France “.

The first decision is the institution of an independent national body of recognition and reparation (INIRR), the President of which is the jurist Marie Derain de Vaucresson, former Children’s Defender (2011-2014). It will choose the members of its Commission, which will determine the operating rules of this institution.

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