JAKARTA (INDONESIA)
UCAN News
Dec.11, 2019
By Ryan Dagur
The Indonesian Church will take serious steps to address claims in a Catholic media report that dozens of people have been abused in Catholic institutions across the country, a bishops’ conference official has said.
At least 56 people were abused within Catholic institutions in Indonesia, according to the report titled “Sexual Abuse in Indonesian Churches: An Iceberg Phenomenon?”
It appeared in Warta Minggu, a weekly magazine published by Tomang Parish in West Jakarta, on Dec. 8.
Indonesian Bishops’ Conference (KWI) seminary commission secretary Father Joseph Kristanto confirmed the claims, telling ucanews that his commission had received reports from sources detailing at least 56 abuse victims.
That number comprised 21 seminarians and brothers, 20 nuns and 15 laypeople, while the perpetrators included 33 priests and 23 non-priests, he said.
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