About 2,000 church sex abuse victims have come forward for reparations in France

About 2,000 people who reported being sexually abused by priests or other church representatives have sought reparations from a French independent body created to address decades of abuse, the organization said Tuesday as it prepares to end its five-year mission.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”