Spain's Catholic dioceses to collect abuse allegations after talks with pope

15/1/2022 6:22

        Spain's Catholic Church is to set up local commissions to hear complaints from victims of abuse after holding talks with Pope Francis on Friday about
        allegations over eight decades detailed in a Spanish newspaper.
        
        El Pais in December published the results of a three-year investigation it said uncovered potential abuse by 251 priests and some lay people from religious institutions against at least 1,237 victims between 1943 and 2018.
        
        It said its correspondent gave a 385-page dossier to the pope on Dec. 2 while the papal entourage and journalists were flying from Rome to Cyprus.
        
        Cardinal Juan Jose Omella, the president of Spain's Bishops' conference, discussed sex abuse issues with him at the Vatican and said each diocese would set up a commission to receive accusations and then investigate.