Lisbon, 13 Feb. The independent commission investigating abuses within the Catholic Church in Portugal has validated 512 victim testimonies in its final report, although it believes the minimum number exceeds 4,815, its coordinator, Pedro, announced today. Stretch.
“It is not possible to quantify the total number of crimes”, admitted Strecht, denouncing that “most of the victims were abused more than once”.
Of the total number of complaints received, the commission sent 25 files to the courts.
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