SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland
Monday 25 November 2013
A Catholic abuse survivors’ group has praised the Church’s groundbreaking decision to reveal full sets of figures relating to maltreatment claims against priests and members of religious orders in Scotland.
The measure to publish annual and historic figures emerged in a letter by the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland which was read out at masses across the country.
It includes the publication of figures relating to complaints made against priests, nuns and monks dating back to 2006 and a statistical review of historic cases from 1947 to 2005. Helen Holland, chairwoman of In Care Abuse Survivors, said that the development, which begins today, would be a major step towards making the Catholic Church more transparent about its past and in the future.
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