12/19/2021- 5:42 p.m.
Spanish Catholic Church to conduct child sex abuse probe
After months of refusing to do so, Spain’s Catholic Church has reportedly launched an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of hundreds of children by its clergy members going back some 80 years.
The investigation will examine allegations of abuse brought against 251 priests and an unspecified number of lay people from Church-run institutions, El Pais reported on Sunday.
The newspaper uncovered the accusations during a three-year investigation.
