Warsaw, Poland • Poland’s Catholic Church authorities revealed Thursday they have recorded cases of 382 clergymen who have abused 625 victims under age 18 since 1990.
The figure includes 198 priests and friars who abused minors under 15 years old and 184 clergy who abused victims between 15 and 18, according to Wojciech Sadlon, head of the church’s Institute of Statistics.
In both confirmed and unconfirmed cases, there were 345 victims under age 15 and 280 victims between 15 and 18. The crimes occurred from 1990 through June of last year, Sadlon told a news conference.