ROME (Reuters) - Dozens of sex abuse cases committed by members of the clergy over six decades emerged on Monday from an independent report into a northern Italian diocese that considered a far longer timescale than others produced by the Italian Catholic Church.
While Italian bishops have been criticised for issuing reports on abuse limited to the 2020-2022 period, the diocese of Bolzano-Brixen decided to investigate from 1964, the year in which it was established, until 2023.
