SCOTLAND
BBC News
The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has published details of abuse allegations made between 2006 and 2012.
The statistics showed there were 46 allegations of abuse made over the six year period, of which 56% were made against priests.
Some 55% of the allegations were of a sexual nature, 19% alleged physical abuse, 11% were verbal and 15% were emotional.
The document also revealed the results of investigations into the claims.
There have been no prosecutions in relation to 61% of all cases reported, the church said.
A further 15% resulted in a prosecution, 10% are still under investigation and the remaining 14% are described as “unknown historical cases”.
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