Further payouts are expected to occur this summer. If the amounts are confidential, the maximum sum has been capped at 60 000 euros.
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Set up after the publication of the Sauvé report on the extent of child crime in the Church since 1950, the “Selam” fund (“Solidarity fund and the fight against sexual assault on minors) has just paid compensation to six first victims, franceinfo learned on Saturday July 10 from the Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation (Inirr)confirming information from Sunday newspaper. Other compensation will be made during the summer. At the end of May, 736 victims had contacted the Inirr.
The structure has established several levels of compensation, depending on the seriousness of the cases, according to three axes, each of which goes from 1 to 10. The first scale assesses the seriousness of the acts of sexual violence, the second measures the seriousness of the “failures ” of the Church, the third evaluates “the seriousness of the consequences on health” (physical, mental and social).
The amounts paid to these six people remain confidential but the maximum amount provided is 60,000 euros. To date, the Selam fund has an envelope of 20 million euros from the Church, some bishops and donors.