Several bishops and priests accused of child abuse are still doing duties in Church positions

A Catholic Church Commission has concluded after only six months of investigating child sexual abuse by priests in Portugal that only 4,815 victims were identified but said that it was the tip of a great iceberg of abuse that has yet to be revealed.

The commission report was published on Feb. 13. Critics and supporters of clerical child abuse victims said that there were many thousands more victims not given the opportunity to come forward. The victims were mostly boys 10 to 14 years old.

Several bishops and priests accused of child abuse are still doing duties in Church positions and allegedly flout the Vatican law supported by Pope Francis whereby civil authorities should investigate and prosecute such allegations.

A shocking report in France in January 2022 found approximately 3,000 Catholic priests and religious authorities…