JAPAN
The Asahi Shimbun
April 16, 2020
By Maki Okubo
A new internal report by a Catholic bishops organization found that 16 sexual abuse cases against minors since the 1950s in Japan have been reported from the dioceses.
Of these cases spanning seven decades, only four of the clergy have admitted to the abuse and five remain as priests.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan on April 7 released its investigative report on its website after surveying all 16 diocesan bishops in Japan.
A total of 16 cases were reported from the 1950s through the 2010s, it said. The report concluded that the result is “just the tip of the iceberg.”
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