RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Spanish church sex abuse investigation heard from 445 people in its first year of investigations.
The Associated Press reports that an independent commission in Spain into historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 people in its first year of investigations.
It says the government was forced to act after allegations of abuse involving more than 1,200 victims were published in El País, provoking public outrage.