Vatican defrocks 848 priests in 10 years for abuse
May 06, 2014 22:08
The Vatican has released comprehensive statistics for the first time on how it has disciplined priests accused of raping and molesting children: It says 848 priests have been defrocked and another 2,572 given lesser sanctions over the past decade.
The Vatican's UN ambassador to Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, today revealed the figures during a second day of grilling by a UN committee monitoring implementation of the UN treaty against torture.