SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland
SCOTLAND’s Catholic Church is dealing with an average of six allegations of abuse a year, half of them historic.
For the first time, the country’s eight dioceses yesterday published full figures for complaints received against its clergy, volunteers and parishioners.
The Church, in an audit of abuse allegations involving children or vulnerable adults, said fully 27% of complaints were against individuals who are now dead. Some 55% of them were sexual in nature. There have been no prosecutions in respect of 61% of all cases.
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