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Report finds 216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950

A woman walks into the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, France. [Reuters]

An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that an estimated 216,000 children were victims of abuse at the hands of clergy since 1950, Jean-March Sauve, head of the commission that compiled the report, said on Tuesday.

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