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27 May 2015

Sex abuse by priests little pursued: report

Twenty criminal investigations have been launched into sexual abuse allegations in Switzerland against Roman Catholic priests and laymen working for the church since 2010, a media report said on Monday.
But this compares with 172 suspected sexual offenders from within the church reported by church authorities themselves, suggesting that many cases are not being actively pursued, the ATS news agency said.

http://www.thelocal.ch/20150526/most-sex-abuse-cases-against-priests-not-pursued-report