AUSTRIA
New Europe
Two years ago a commission in charge of investigating allegations of misconduct sexual and abuse by Catholic clergy was established in Austria and finally they unveiled the results.
The commission dedicated €8 million from a compensation fund set up by the Austrian Catholic Church for compensating victims in cases they found to be merited.
Some 702 cases, sometimes dating back to 1960s, were examined, and out of 1,244 complainants, nearly two thirds alleged sexual abuse and four out of five victims were younger than 13, nearly a third younger than 10 at the time when abuses were conducted. More than three quarters of all claimants were men and on average the abuse lasted for four years.
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