Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho of Setúbal, president of the Portuguese bishops' conference, announces the creation of a national commission to support local dioceses in their investigations into current and historic cases of sexual abuse, in Lisbon Dec. 2,

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases

Accountability
Feb 10, 2022

A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first month of work it received allegations from 214 people.