The Recognition and Repair Commission provides for amounts ranging from 5,000 to 60,000 euros, determined according to the abuse and their consequences for the victim.
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People who, in their childhood, have been victims of sexual violence on the part of a priest or religious and who would like to obtain a financial reparation from the Catholic Church can now have an idea of What they can claim. The Recognition and Repair Commission (CRR), created in the fall of 2021 by the Congregations after the publication of the report saved for the victims of religious, put the last hand on the framework it has built to allow, according to its President, Antoine Garapon, a “fair and objectified” repair. The independent national authority of recognition and reparation (INIRR), created by the bishops for the victims of priests, will present his, who “inspires” and will have “great principles” similar, in May, indicates his president , the jurist Marie Derain de Vaucresson.
The financial dimension is not systematically present, but it enters into account in the applications of the majority of people already hosted by the CRR. The Commission established a scale ranging from 5,000 to 60,000 euros. The evaluation of each situation will be based on two elements. The first is the characterization of abuse by one of its members. He will determine, with the victim, if she has suffered trips, aggression, rapes … The second element is entrusted to the victim. This must evaluate, on a scale of one by seven, the consequences of these violence in different areas of his life since they have been committed.
It is thus asked to situate the injury suffered in his intimate life, in his emotional life, in his family relations, in his social and professional life and, finally, in his spiritual life. Then intervenes a work with the victim and the consecrated life institute “to converge towards a sum that seems as just possible,” explains former magistrate Antoine Garapon. In case of disagreement, a sort of “arbitral court” is constituted. “It is very important to motivate as much as possible,” says CRR President.
A “comparative work” with other sources
To achieve this scheme, which has requested “comparative work” and “maturation”, the CRR has been informed of best practices with many sources – French courts, familiar American lawyers from these cases, The existing or existing commissions in other European countries. “We have found that we were not able to establish an indemnity by post, as does justice on the model of restitution on the basis of moral injury, material, sexual, professional, anxiety etc., explains Antoine Garapon. It was too technical. We preferred to consider a global repair. “
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