Report Estimates France's Catholic Church Housed 3,000 Pedophiles Since 1950

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 05: Hoardings display children's artwork outside Notre-Dame Cathedral on October 05, 2021 in Paris, France. A new report from France's Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) estimates a minimum of 2,900 - 3,200 cases of pedocriminality within the Catholic Church. Based on census, examination of archives (Church, justice, judicial police and press) and on the testimonies received by the body. Over the examined period, France had some 115,000 priests or religious persons in activity. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)