Cover image courtesy of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Spain
The bishops of Spain admit to 220 allegations of clerical sexual abuse in the country dating to 2001. The general secretary and spokesman for the Spanish bishops, Bishop Luis Arguëllo -- auxiliary of Valladolid -- addressed the issue at a press conference on Friday 23 April.
The cases included are those that have been sent to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the two decades since a 2001 change in Church law requiring that cases of sexual abuse of a minor under 18 committed by clerics be included among the “more grave crimes” and reported to the CDF.
