Catholic Church in Italy reports results of initial clerical abuse investigation

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A new report from the country’s Catholic authorities offered a rare window into the scale of sexual abuse in the Church. But survivors say the report is woefully thin on details, and is a weak response to a crisis that may be impacting hundreds of thousands of Italian Catholics. John Last reports from Padua, Italy.

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