Sentences with phrase «perpetrated by its clergy»

«The Church, understandably concerned not to repeat the mistakes of the past when it had been too slow to recognise that abuse had been perpetrated by clergy and to recognise the pain and damage caused to victims, has in effect oversteered in this case.

This does not in any way negate the John Jay statistics that prove the Catholic Church had a serious problem with sexual abuse perpetrated by its clergy.

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But the preponderance of child seex abuse in this country is not perpetrated by gays or clergy.