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Spain signs landmark agreement with Catholic Church to compensate clergy abuse victims

News Desk9th January 202612th January 2026

9th January 202612th January 2026305

The Spanish government and the Catholic Church reached a landmark agreement on Thursday to compensate survivors of sexual abuse committed by clergy, in what officials...

Spanish government wants Catholic Church to compensate its victims of sex abuse

News Desk24th April 20246th May 2024

24th April 20246th May 20241731

Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic...

Up to 440,000 victims of child abuse in Spanish church, Ombudsman reports

News Desk29th October 202331st October 2023

29th October 202331st October 20232564

Over 200,000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published...

Spain’s Catholic bishops find evidence of 728 sexual abusers within church since 1945

News Desk6th June 202313th June 2023

6th June 202313th June 20231994

Spain’s Episcopal Conference, the Catholic bishops’ conference, has said that it has found evidence of 728 sexual abusers within the church since 1945, through the...

Bishop in ‘gay cure’ controversy defended by church

News Desk6th April 201911th April 2019

6th April 201911th April 20192749

A bishop whose diocese near Madrid is being investigated following a newspaper report that it ran ‘courses’ to ‘cure’ homosexuality, has been defended by Spain’s...

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