Swiss Bishops’ Study Finds More Than 1,000 Cases of Clergy Sexual Abuse
The Swiss Bishops’ Conference pledged to take action.
The Swiss Bishops’ Conference pledged to take action.
Jennifer Lea, legal counsel for the human rights group ADF International, which supported the legal challenge, described the suspension as “a significant step in the right direction”.
The new figures, released Nov. 19, revealed that the Catholic Church lost 31,772 members in 2019, equivalent to 1.1% of the total membership of the Catholic Church in Switzerland.
Even though Switzerland hasn’t yet entered a lockdown period, unlike Italy, France or Spain, most of the Swiss dioceses have decided to suspend all public Masses until April 30.
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