The bishop of Sens and Auxerre participated in the meeting of the bishops of France in Lourdes since last Tuesday. They voted for several measures intended to allow compensation for victims of sexual violence within the Catholic institution.
For Hervé Giraud, the idea is to allow the Catholic Church to recognize each victim who will come forward.. Already 10,000 people have declared themselves victims with the Catholic Church of France. “I would be very, very happy, if our decisions responded a little better to the expectations and the suffering of the victims. And I hope that the better knowledge of these decisions will perhaps allow other victims who do not dare to speak of themselves. manifest “, insists Hervé Giraud.
According to the bishop of Sens and Auxerre, there will be no no scale which will apply but an adaptation to each victim who will present themselves. “There are people for whom there is limitation”, continues the bishop, “but the Church will be able to say – we recognize your victim status.”