The Catholic church said they welcomed the report, adding that it was important to confirm that no abusers were currently working for the church
Retired Superior Court justice Andre Denis reviewed the files of 6,809 people employed between 1940 and 2021 and uncovered 87 employees who were the subjects of confirmed or well-founded sex abuse allegations involving minors or vulnerable adults.
The 87 people he identified represented 1.28 per cent of the people employed by the church during the period studied. Denis also said he was unable to detect any systematic transfer of priests from one parish to another once abuse or misconduct had been discovered. Denis said it will now be up to the individual dioceses to decide what to do with the information he’s gathered.
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