SWITZERLAND
The Local
The Catholic church in Switzerland has set up a new commission charged with awarding compensation to victims of historic sex abuse by Swiss priests.
Last December the Swiss Bishops Conference (SBK) announced it had created a 500,000 franc reparations fund to pay compensation to sex abuse victims who no longer have the right to seek redress in court since the statute of limitations has passed.
In 2010 the Catholic church finally acknowledged responsibility for numerous cases of sexual molestation by priests that had earlier come to light.
Between 2010 and 2015, 223 victims informed the church authorities of cases of abuse that took place between 1950 and 1990.
Of those, 49 were children aged under 12 at the time of the abuse.
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