The child sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church has contributed to a third of Catholics in England and Wales reducing their attendance of Mass or stopping going altogether, according to a new report by Durham University.

Over 3,000 adults who identify as Roman Catholic – and sampled as representative of the Catholic population in England and Wales – responded to the YouGov survey commissioned by the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University, as part of a wider research project called "Boundary Breaking" that looked at the implications of the abuse crisis for the Catholic community.