The Portuguese province of the Society of Jesus reported this Monday that since 1950, it has investigated the appearance of 24 victims of cases of sexual abuse of children and young people, committed by 11 Jesuits and a layman, all of whom have died.
“For some suspects, there is a record of more than one victim. Thus, at least 24 victims aged 7 to 17 participated in the abuse. The vast majority are men,” and “the identified suspect was between 24 and 65 years of age.” years at the time of the events,” the Portuguese Jesuits said in a statement.
Most of the known situations “took place in a school context, and the reports indicate sleeping quarters (the oldest when the boarding school still existed) and places where students were alone with the suspect, such as offices, the infirmary, as well as classrooms where only students lived , while others were witnesses of sexual violence,” the document says.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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